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Historical Event on 9/15/1940
Anil Yashwant Tipnis, Air Chief Marshal, was born.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 2/18/1993 | Phoolan Devi, the legendary Bandit Queen, was released after 11 years in jail. A heroine to many low-caste Indians, she was born into the Mallah caste of fishermen, close to the bottom of India's rigid social scale, and became a bandit after she was gang-raped. She led her rural band in robbing and killing upper-caste Thakurs in revenge for the murder of her lover and acquired a Robin Hood image. The Rebel of the Ravines siad, ""I shall work for the upliftment of the women and downtrodden"". |
| 9/4/1980 | Second Commonwealth Regional Heads of Government Conference in New Delhi. |
| 9/4/1980 | Francisco de Almeida, Viceroy of Protuguese India, passed away in a battle. |
| 2/11/1847 | Thomas Alva Edison, great scientist and inventor of electric light lamp, was born at Milan, Ohio. |
| 4/3/1946 | Sagarmal Gopa, devoted patriot, freedom fighter and political worker, was burnt alive. |
| 3/4/1996 | Union govt. decides to set up a national grid for the distribution of petroleum products. |
| 12/6/1976 | Nana Patil, great revolutionary, passed away. |
| 1/19/1839 | Aden conquered by British East India Company. |
| 7/31/1880 | Nawab Rai\Dhanpat Rai, 'Prem Chand', great litterateur, writer, editor, journalist and headmaster, was born at Lamahi village near Varanasi, UP. |
| 8/1/1952 | Yajurvindra Singh Jaswant Singh, cricketer (Indian batsman four Tests 1977-79), was born in Rajkot. |
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