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Historical Event on 8/15/1960

Maharashtra State Sahkari Grihvitta Corporation was established.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/19/1995Prof. Armaity Desai, eminent Sociologist, appointed the new UGC Chairperson.
11/23/1926Sir Jagadish Chandra Bose, Indian plant physiologist and physicist, passed away. He investigated the properties of very short radio waves, wireless telegraphy and radiation-induced fatigue in inorganic materials. His physiological work involved comparative measurements of the responses of plants exposed to stress. His invention of highly sensitive instruments for the detection of minute responses by living organisms to external stimuli enabled him to anticipate the parallelism between animal and plant tissues noted by later bio-physicists.รก
7/1/1927Chandrashekhar, former Prime Minister of India, was born.
3/13/1992K. S. Niranjan, famous Kannad author, passed away.
9/7/1968Benipuri Sharma, famous Hindi novelist, died.
6/21/1940Keshavrao Baliram Hedgewar, politician and founder of Rashtriya Swayansewak Sangh (RSS), passed away.
10/24/1851First official telegraph line was opened between Calcutta and Daimond Harbour spanning 33.8 km.
11/11/1958Inauguration of 'Indian', first one in Indian Explosive Ltd's factory at Gomia.
9/22/1994G. N. Joshi, famous singer, died.
8/19/1757The first rupee coin was minted in Calcutta by the East India Company.