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Historical Event on 9/15/1926
Vande Mataram', a lengthy feature film produced by Vande Mataram Film Co, Bombay, was prohibited on September 15 by the Censor Board on the grounds that it was an underlying attack on the prestige of University Education in India. The film, however, was cleared on December 7 after deleting the objectionable scenes.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 9/29/1988 | 1988 Nobel Peace Prize for U.N. Peace-Keeping Forces. |
| 12/25/1936 | Ismail Merchant, producer (Householder), was born in Bombay, India. |
| 3/12/1992 | A devastating wave of car-bomb explosions killed an estimated 300 people and injured hundreds more today in the large western Indian port city of Bombay. The first blast ripped through the city's stock exchange building, and minutes later a dozen slightly less powerful explosions rocked the bustling city center.The bomb attacks appeared to have been part of a carefully planned operation.The devices were clearly meant to cause maximum loss of life and damage to property. |
| 4/24/1974 | Ramdhari Singh alias 'Dinkar', veteran famous Hindi writer and poet, passed away. |
| 12/25/1880 | Dr. Mukhtar Ahmed Ansari, a nationalist Muslim leader, politician and journalist, was born at Yusufpur in Uttar Pradesh. |
| 6/15/1960 | Bardwan University was established in West Bengal. |
| 6/13/1992 | Purushottam Diwakar Dhavle, famous journalist, passed away. |
| 2/22/1977 | Emergency and 'MISSA' laws were cancelled. |
| 7/1/1965 | Meerut University was established. |
| 8/19/1946 | Cabinet Mission's plan announced an interim government, which was formed by reconstituting the Viceroy's Executive Council. The Muslim League took umbrage and started direct action. Riots broke out as Muslims attacked Hindu's in Calcutta and the rest of Bengal. The Viceroy persuaded the Muslim League to join the government. But the League declined to join the Constituent Assembly unless the demand for a seperate state of ""Pakistan"" was conceded. |
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