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Historical Event on 9/15/1860
M. Visveswarayya, maker of modern Karnataka, was born. He was a notable engineer too.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 12/10/1902 | Sir Ronald Ross was awarded the Nobel Prize for medicine for detecting the cause of Malaria. |
| 6/28/1924 | Jamshedji Framji Madan ( J. F. Madan ), founder of Madan & Co. and Parsi Theatrical Company, passed away on June 28 at Calcutta. |
| 2/17/1998 | Delhi-Tamil Nadu Ranji Trophy super-league match in Chennai was abandoned owing to pitch tampering. |
| 6/9/2000 | The CBI-designated court frames charges against Bihar Chief Minister Rabri Devi and RJD president Laloo Prasad Yadav in the disproportionate assets case. |
| 1/25/1914 | Gandhi reaches agreement with South African Union govt. on treatment of Indian nationals at South Africa. |
| 5/21/1998 | India declares a moratorium on nuclear testing. |
| 6/5/1995 | A three-week long, the first ever Indo-US joint army training exercise begins. |
| 10/17/1997 | Prime Minister lays foundation stone of the Science City being set up at Jalandhar, Punjab. |
| 7/15/1980 | Gajanan Vishwanath Ketkar, editor of `Kesri' and `Maratha', passed away. |
| 10/26/1947 | After the tribal column, raping and looting along the way by Pakistani Army continued at Baramulla, 50 kilometres from Srinagar. Maharaja of Jammu & Kashmir Hari Singhji, then, signed the instrument of accession with India and the Indian Armed Forces reacted to the Pakistani Army's infiltration. Great acts of personal gallantry and collective bravery were shown in the Kashmir operations. Major Som Nath Sharma was awarded the PVC, India's highest decoration for valour, and Brigadier Usman, commanding the 50th Parachute Brigade, was awarded the MVC. Both the soldiers were awarded posthumously. |
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