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Historical Event on 10/15/1994
SROSS-C2, Indian Remote Sensing Satellite (IRS-P2), which carried remote sensing payload, was placed in orbit. It was the second developmental launch of PSLV.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 2/19/1992 | The ruling Congress party wins local elections boycotted by Sikhs in Punjab. |
| 4/30/1870 | Dadasaheb Phalke alias Dhundiraj Gobind Phalke was born at Trymbakeshwar near Nasik, Maharashtra. He is remembered as the 'Father of Indian Cinema'. He produced India's first feature Film, 'Raja Harishchandra' and founded Phalke & Co. at Bombay. He was a director, producer, writer, editor & laboratorian, portrait photographer and also a scene-painter. |
| 7/10/1927 | Ganga Ram, great social reformer and founder of Ganga Ram Hospital in New Delhi, died in England while functioning as an active member of the Royal Commission on Agriculture. He was against dowry and child marriages and advocated widow re-marriage and also established institutions for vocational education and education for adults. |
| 12/20/1686 | After clashes with Mughal soldiers, Jaub Chaarnak left Hoogly and settled in Sutnati. |
| 5/21/1996 | General Election (11th) of India ended. |
| 9/4/1996 | Narasimha Rao questioned by CBI. |
| 1/23/1809 | Veer Surendra Sai, freedom fighter and revolutionary, was born in Khinda village in the north of Sambalpur at Orissa. |
| 6/29/1992 | Congress (I) nominates K. R. Narayanan for the Vice-Presidentship. |
| 12/11/1993 | Shankar Dayal Sharma, President, inaugurates the extended new wing of Nagpur Vidhan Bhavan. |
| 1/6/1993 | India and Bhutan sign agreement on the giant Sankosh hydro-electric project. |
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