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Historical Event on 9/15/1916

Margaret Lockwood, film actress of 'Lady Vanishes' fame, was born in Karachi, India.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/25/1994Giani Zail Singh, former President of India, died in Chandigarh at the age of 78.
1/2/1990Election panel made one member body again; Election Commissioners S. S. Dhanoa and V. S. Seigell removed.
2/22/1845Serampore of Hooghly district and Balasore cities from Dutch purchased East Indian Company.
1/22/1992Government raises Suzuki share in Maruti to 50 per cent making it the first public sector company to go private.
4/9/1756Ali Bardi Khan of Bengal passed away in Murshidabad. His youngest daughter's son Siraj-ud-Daulah was crowned as King of Bengal when he was merely 20 years old after the death of King Tartar.
10/20/1947First battle between India and Pakistan.
10/21/1789Ramshastri Prabhune, justice of Peshwa kingdom, died.
9/5/1888Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan (1888-1975), panentheist, great renaissance philosopher, eminent writer, free India's first vice-president and second president, was born at Tiruttani near Madras.
9/18/1615Thomas Roe presented himself at Jahangir's court in Ajmer. He left India on February 17, 1618.
11/9/1877Muhammad Iqbal, Urdu poet, was born in Sialkot (now in Pakistan).