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Historical Event on 9/15/1860
M. Visveswarayya, maker of modern Karnataka, was born. He was a notable engineer too.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 6/6/1922 | Gopalan Morappakam Joysam, cricketer, was born at Maduranthakan, in Tamil Nadu. He received the Padmashree in 1964. |
| 4/14/1990 | Veena Vidwan S. Balachander passed away. |
| 1/5/1974 | Virendranath Dasgupta, great revolutionary, died. |
| 1/9/1922 | Har Gobind Khurana, scientist of Biology, was born in India. He did his M.Sc from University of Punjab and, for higher education went to University of Liverpool. In 1959, he produced a chemical called ""Coenzymea"", which is essential for certain processes in the human body. He was awarded Nobel Prize for medicine in 1968 along with Marshall W. Nirenberg and Robert W. Halley. |
| 9/18/1972 | India becomes the top film producer of the world with 433 feature films made in 1971. |
| 11/17/1994 | North Eastern Council decides to include Sikkim in the Council. |
| 1/31/1976 | Air Chief Marshal Om Prakash Mehra, PVSM, retired as the Air Officer Commanding, India Command. |
| 4/16/1930 | Rioting continues in India as British police fire on mob of 10,000. |
| 1/25/1994 | Mine fire at Asansol India, kills 55. |
| 12/25/1921 | Mass boycott greets the Prince of Wales when he arrives in Calcutta. |
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