Year 1949
Tripura accedes to Indian union.
OCTOBER 15
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15 October: What Happened On This Day in History
Curated historical timeline of momentous political pacts, freedom struggle uprisings, constitutional developments, scientific breakthroughs, and prominent birthdays recorded on 15 October.
Observances & Special Days
World Students' Day
15 October is observed as World Students Day to honour and mark the importance of India’s 11th President APJ Abdul Kalam.
Year 1997
US launches nuclear powered Cassini to Saturn.
Year 2018
Indian minister and editor MJ Akbar files a defamation case after being accused of sexual harassment by multiple women in #MeToo case.
Born 1869
Raghupathi Venkaiah Naidu was an Indian artist and filmmaker who produced silent Indian films and talkies.
Born 1874
Chandradhar Barua was an eminent writer, poet, dramatist & lyricist from Assam.
Born 1902
Bhaurao Gaikwad was an Indian politician and social worker from Maharashtra.
Born 1920
Bhupathiraju Vissam Raju, a former chairman of Raasi Cements and the Cement Corporation of India and one of the pioneers of Indian cement industry.
Born 1927
Buhari Syed Abdur Rahman was an Indian Tamil serial entrepreneur, philanthropist and educationist.
Born 1931
Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam was an Indian aerospace scientist and politician who served as the 11th President of India.
Born 1934
N. Ramani, Indian flute player (d. 2015)
Born 1936
Madan Lal Khurana was an Indian politician also was Chief Minister of Delhi.
Born 1946
Victor Banerjee, Indian actor and director
Born 1949
Prannoy Roy, Indian journalist, economist, and broadcaster, founded NDTV
Born 1955
Kulbir Bhaura, Indian field hockey player
Born 1957
Mira Nair, Indian-American actress, director, and producer
Born 1979
Ashwiny Iyer Tiwari, Indian filmmaker and writer.
Born 1986
Sai Dharam Tej, Indian film actor who works in the Telugu films.
Born 1988
Roop Durgapal, Indian television actress.
Born 1989
Sachin Warrier, Indian playback singer and composer in the Malayalam film industry from Kerala.
Born 1997
Digangana Suryavanshi, Indian film and television actress, singer and author.
Died 1918
Sai Baba of Shirdi was an Indian spiritual master who is regarded by his devotees to be a manifestation of Sri Dattaguru and identified as a saint and a fakir.
Died 1943
Baba Kanshi Ram was an Indian poet and activist for independence born in Himachal Pradesh.
Died 1961
Suryakant Tripathi Nirala was an Indian poet, novelist, essayist and story-writer.
Died 1990
Om Shivpuri was an Indian theatre actor-director and character actor in Hindi films.
Died 1992
Talwinder Singh Parmar was a Sikh militant and co-founder of Babbar Khalsa.
Died 1961
Suryakant Tripathi 'Nirala', Indian poet and author (b. 1896)