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Historical Event on 8/15/1994

At Churchgate railway station on platform No.1, noted film actor A.K. Hangal signalled the start of theatre in a train by waving a green flag.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/31/1973Mohan Kumaramangalam, Central Minister, died in an air crash near Delhi.
3/2/1982Indira Gandhi opened Mahatma Gandhi Road Bridge at Patna.
12/4/1998Christians across the country observe a protest day against the recent attacks on the community and its institutions.
11/25/1999Madras HC sets aside Tamil Nadu Governor Fathima Beevi's order rejecting the mercy petitions of four accused in Rajiv Gandhi case.
12/30/1803East India Comapny captured Dehli, Agra and Bharooch.
7/7/197378 drowned as flash flood sweeped a bus into a river (India).
6/20/1897Ratnakant Barkakti, famous Assamia poet, was born.
11/25/1998Prof. K. S. Hegde (75), former Vice-Chancellor of Mysore University and educationist, dies in New Delhi. He was selected by the Government of India for overseas scholarship for post graduate studies and higher technical training abroad during the pre-independence era.
7/10/1927Ganga 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.
6/21/1988Sikh activist bombers kill 30 in Amritsar.