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Historical Event on 9/15/1948
The India flag carrying vessel reached Bombay Port.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 9/3/1916 | Annie Besant started 'Home Rule' movement. |
| 10/19/1910 | Subrahamanyam Chandrasekhar was born in Lahore. He was one of the world's leading astrophysicists. For his contributions to the study of stars, Chandrasekhar had received the highest award in Science, the Noble Prize in Physics in 1983. |
| 6/27/1917 | Khanderao Moreshwar Rangnekar, cricketer (batted in 3 Tests India v Australia 1947-48), was born in Maharashtra. |
| 10/29/1971 | Cyclone and tidal waves struck Orissa state claiming 10,000 lives. |
| 1/27/1988 | The first ever helicopter mail service was inaugurated at Andaman and Nicobar Islands. The first flight was from Port Blair to Havelock Island and its inaugurated by the Governer of Andaman and Nicobar Island. |
| 7/3/1661 | Portugal gives Tanger & Bombay to English King Charles II. |
| 7/3/1661 | Khidr Khan Syed, Governor of Lahore, replaced Daulat Khan Lodi on Delhi's throne. |
| 6/20/1948 | Lord Mountbatten resigns as the Governor General of Indian Union. |
| 11/12/1954 | Bharat Reddy, cricket wicket-keeper (India 1979), was born in Madras. |
| 2/17/1931 | Viceroy of India Lord Irvin accepted Mahatma Gandhi as leader of people and invited him at Vicregal Lodge (now known at Rashtrapati Bhavan). After the event, Winston Churchill, who later became Prime Minister of Britain, referred Gandhiji as ""the Half-Naked Fakir of India"". |
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