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Historical Event on 1/15/1918

K.C.D. Brahaspati, great poet, playwright and orientalist, was born at Rampur, UP.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/29/1947Establishment of Indian Standard Institution.
3/17/1988First operational Indian Remote Sensing Satellite (IRS-1A) launched by a Russian Vostok. IRS system under National Natural Resources Management System (NNRMS) coordinated at national level by the Planning Committee of NNRMS (PC-NNRMS) and the data from IRS satellites is processed by the National Remote Sensing Agency, Hyderabad. SI, a US Company, also receives and markets IRS data worldwide under a commercial contract with Antrix Corporation of the Department of Space.
12/28/1981Salman Rushdie is awarded the Booker Prize for Midnight's Children.
2/28/1950The Finance Minister announces the setting up of the Planning Commission with Nehru and Nanda as Chairman and Deputy Chairman respectively.
3/24/1992Congress (I) strength goes up by six seats in the Rajya Sabha on account of biennial polls.
9/20/1989IPKF suspends its operations against LTTE in Sri Lanka. LTTE, in turn, ceases all operations against the Indian armed forces.
10/3/1991Ganpatrao Tapase, former Governor of Haryana and Uttar Pradesh, died.
7/3/1908Bal Gangadhar Tilak was arrested as a traitor by the Britishers.
7/3/1908Nizam Shah became the Sultan of Dehli.
8/6/1998The Maharashtra Government rejects the Srikrishna Commission findings on the 1992-93 communal riots and the serial blasts in Mumbai, but agrees to act on the panel's suggestions to refurbish the police force.