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Historical Event on 9/15/1940
Anil Yashwant Tipnis, Air Chief Marshal, was born.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 9/15/1940 | Queen Elizabeth I granted its Royal Charter to the 218 Knights and merchants of the City of London who formed the East India Company. The venture failed to achieve its stated objectives -- it made little impression on the Dutch control of the spice trade and could not establish a lasting outpost in the East Indies. |
| 3/5/1989 | Bhagwat Jha Azad, Bihar CM, resigns. |
| 4/4/1926 | Martial law is declared in Calcutta as rioting continues. |
| 6/12/1972 | D. G. Tendulkar, historian who had written the autobiography of Mahatma Gandhi, died. |
| 7/1/1882 | Dr. Bidhan Chandra Roy, great professor, politician, physician, leader and veteran nationalist, was born at Patna. |
| 7/5/2000 | The Prime Minister rules out restoring pre-1953 status to Jammu and Kashmir. |
| 11/17/1973 | Mother Pondicherry, greatest teacher and religious leader, died. |
| 2/28/1989 | S. B. Chavan, Finance Minister, presents a Rs. 7337 crore-deficit budget for 1989-90. |
| 4/26/1999 | The President dissolves Lok Sabha and orders fresh elections. |
| 10/16/1922 | M.V. Desai, social reformer and journalist, was born. |
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