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Historical Event on 9/15/1947

Gandhi deplores the idea of population transfer.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/25/1987The Railway Minister announces introduction of 8 superfast trains from April 1.
1/23/1920Air transportation began in India by two Royal Air Force planes between Karachi and Bombay, and Air Mail service started.
11/6/1998Koneru Humpy wins the World under-12 girls' chess title in Oropesa del Mar, Spain. Azharuddin becomes the highest run-getter (displacing Desmond Haynes, 8648 runs) in LOI history in the Coca Cola cup, Sharjah.
12/6/1907Revolutionaries looted Chingaripota station.
2/24/2000The Subrahmanyam Committee report tabled in the Lok Sabha. The panel concluded that the Pakistan intrusion in Kargil took the Indian security establishment by surprise.
1/16/1989Prem Nazir, famous actor of more than 620 Malayalam films, died at the age of 59 yrs.
11/25/1962Dasganu (Ganesh Dattatreya Sahastrabuddhe), modern Marathi saint and poet, passed away.
10/26/1999The Government rejected the demand that Rajiv Gandhi's name be deleted from the chargesheet in the Bofors case.
4/1/1912The imperial capital of India was moved from Calcutta to Old New Delhi and the Province of Delhi was declared by a proclamation.
12/27/1998Nobel laureate Prof. Amartya Sen unveils his plans to set up a charity trust with the award money for development of education and health in India and Bangladesh.