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Historical Event on 4/15/1996
Shyam Benegal's film ""The Making of a Mahatma"" released in South Africa.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 5/11/1998 | Three momentous events took place on the day that did the nation proud. Firstly, three underground nuclear tests at Pokhran Range in Rajasthan, which included a hydrogen bomb, were tested; secondly, the successful test firing of the 'Trishul Missile' and thirdly, the maiden Certification test flight of 'Hansa-3', the first-all Composite indigenous two seater aircraft. |
| 10/6/1990 | Justice Ranganath Mishra sworn in as Chief Justice of Supreme Court. |
| 5/10/1917 | Ramanand Maru Amin, great novelist, was born in Baloor, Mangalore. |
| 2/1/1994 | ONGC becomes a Public Limited Company. |
| 5/28/1903 | Shantanu L. Kirloskar, great industrialist, was born at Sholapur (Maharashtra). |
| 8/30/1928 | Jawaharlal Nehru lays his plans for a free India and becomes president of Congress Party in 1929. |
| 11/17/1948 | Despite the scepticism on the part of the US and British advisers concerning the feasibility of the scheme, the first half-dozen HAL-reconditioned B-24s were ready by November 1948 and, on the 17th of that month, No. 5 Squadron was formed with these heavy bombers. |
| 10/31/1999 | Shankar Dayal Sharma, former President, is conferred with the Indira Gandhi Award. |
| 9/21/1746 | French expeditionary army occupies Labourdonnais & Dupleix Madras. |
| 6/13/1966 | 60 people were killed in a collision between two suburban trains of Bombay. |
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