Year 1948
The Indian Army captures the towns of Jalna, Latur, Mominabad, Surriapet and Narkatpalli as part of Operation Polo.
SEPTEMBER 15
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15 September: 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 September.
Observances & Special Days
Engineer’s Day: This day is celebrated in India on 15 September every year to mark the tribute to the Indian Engineer Bharat Ratna Mokshagundam Visvesvaraya.
Year 1948
Independent India’s first flagship INS Delhi arrived at Mumbai port.
Year 1953
S. Vijayalakshmi Pandit was elected as the first lady President of the eighth session of the United Nations Organisations General Assembly.
Year 1959
Doordarshan (DD) India’s Public Service broadcaster was launched in New Delhi.
Year 1966
Gemini XI (Conrad/Gordon) returns to Earth.
Year 1997
Google.com is registered as a domain name.
Born 1861
Sir Mokshagundam Visvesvaraya was an Indian civil engineer and statesman and the 19th Diwan of Mysore. He was also an Indian engineer, scholar, and Bharat Ratna Laureate.
Born 1876
Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay was a Bengali novelist and short story writer of the early 20th century.
Born 1891
Chempakaraman Pillai was an Indian-born political activist and revolutionary.
Born 1897
Ibrahim Ismail Chundrigar was the sixth Prime Minister of Pakistan.
Born 1909
Conjeevaram Natarajan Annadurai was an Indian politician who served as 1st Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu.
Born 1915
Karam Singh was an Indian soldier and a recipient of the Param Vir Chakra.
Born 1925
Indumati Patankar was freedom fighter and long-time veteran activist living in rural India in Kasegaon, Maharashtra.
Born 1939
Subramanian Swamy, Indian politician, economist and statistician who serves as a nominated Member of Parliament in Rajya Sabha.
Born 1947
Bhupinder Singh Hooda, Indian National Congress politician who is the current Leader of the Opposition in Haryana Legislative Assembly.
Born 1950
Rajiv Malhotra, Indian author
Born 1956
Sara Rai contemporary Indian writer, editor of anthologies and translator of modern Hindi and Urdu fiction.
Born 1970
Ramya Krishnan, Indian film actress.
Died 1950
Maraimalai Adigal was a Tamil orator and writer and father of Pure Tamil movement.
Died 1972
Kadiri Venkata Reddy was an Indian film director, writer, producer and production manager in Telugu cinema.
Died 1987
Moazzam Jah was the son of the last Nizam of Hyderabad.
Died 2005
Ramasamy Thamaraikani was a politician from Tamil Nadu and a Member of Legislative Assembly.
Died 2012
Kuppahalli Sitaramayya Sudarshan was the fifth Sarsanghachalak of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh.
Died 2015
Harry J. Lipkin, Israeli physicist and academic (b. 1921)
Died 2015
Meir Pa'il, Israeli commander, historian, and politician (b. 1926)
Died 2015
Bernard Van de Kerckhove, Belgian cyclist (b. 1941)
Died 2017
Harry Dean Stanton, American actor (b. 1926)