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Historical Event on 9/15/1861
Dr. Sir Mokshagundam Visvesvaraya, famous architect, engineer and a diplomat, also a Bharat Ratna awardee, was born at Chickballapur in Mysore (Karnataka) in a poor Brahmin family.
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| 3/17/1910 | Smt. Anutai Wagh, great social worker, passed away. |
| 2/12/1932 | Roby James Francis D. Silva, great industrialist, artist and designer, was born at Bombay. |
| 12/6/1956 | Dr. Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar (Babasaheb), great social worker, politician and writer of Indian constitution, passed away in Bombay. |
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| 3/28/1998 | The BJP-led alliance survived its first test of trust with the support of Chandrababu Naidu's Telgu Desam Party. Jayalalitha continues to call the shots. |
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