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Historical Event on 9/15/1993
Election Commission announces polls in the former BJP-ruled states of UP, MP, HP, Rajasthan and in Delhi and Mizoram.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 12/22/1995 | A Russian-made AN-26 plane forced to land in Bombay following an Intelligence Bureau tip off that it could be the suspected aircraft which dropped arms at Purulia. |
| 12/13/1999 | Dr. V. Kurien gets the Paulos Mar Gregorius Award 1999. |
| 8/14/1987 | Bharat Ratna, India's highest award, was given to Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan (1890-1988), Frontier Gandhi. He is the first non-Indian to receive this honour. |
| 2/1/1972 | International Airports Authority of India established. |
| 3/21/1836 | National Library was established. |
| 12/5/1872 | Bhai Vir Singh, great poet, social worker, writer, educationist, musician, humanitarian and Padma Bhushan awardee, was born at Amritsar. |
| 8/10/1904 | Japanese troups were defeated by the Russian Amry at Port Aurther. |
| 9/26/1820 | Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar (Banerji), great Indian educationist, social reformer, litterateur, father of Bengali prose and who gave the Bengalees their first Primer in 1855, was born in the village of Birsingha in Midnapore district of Bengal. |
| 11/28/1890 | Mahatma Jyotirao Govindrao Phule died. He led a selfless life devoted to the upliftment of the lower classes of the Hindu society. He also started school for girls and for downtroddens and untouchables. He was assissted in education field by his wide Savitri Bai. |
| 8/25/1948 | Jana Gana Mana to be the provisional National Anthem till Constituent Assembly made a final decision. |
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