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Historical Event on 9/15/1861
Dr. Sir Mokshagundam Visvesvaraya, famous architect, engineer and a diplomat, also a Bharat Ratna awardee, was born at Chickballapur in Mysore (Karnataka) in a poor Brahmin family.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 4/13/1796 | The first elephant was brought to America from Bengal, India. |
| 2/15/1967 | Fourth General Election of Lok Sabha begins. |
| 10/9/1992 | Sukha and Jinda, assassins of former army chief Gen. A. S. Vaidya, hanged in Pune jail. |
| 2/23/1768 | Nizam accepted British supremacy and Smith Col. signed peace treaty with the Nizam. |
| 4/1/1933 | Indian Air Force was established at Drigh Road in Karachi (now in Pakistan). Subroto Mukherjee and four other officers were inducted as pilots when the first Indian Air Force Squadron was formed. The first aircraft flight joined the Indian Air Force, at that time it possessed a strength of six RAF-trained officers and 19 Havai Sepoys (literally, air soldiers); its aircraft inventory comprised four Westland Wapiti II. A army co-operation biplaned at Drigh Road as the ""A"" Flight nucleus of the planned No.1 (Army Co-operation) Squadron. |
| 9/29/2000 | Union Minister of State for Agriculture S.B.P.B.K. Satyanarayana Rao quits the from Cabinet. |
| 11/30/1989 | Congress (I) emerges largest party in Lok Sabha by winning 193 seats, Congress (I) rule in Karnataka and Veerendra Patil made the Chief Minister. |
| 3/31/1926 | Dattatray Balwant Parasnis, who made research in History, passed away. |
| 11/5/1999 | India's Aarthie Ramaswamy won the girl's under-18 crown in the World Youth Chess Festival in Oropesa, Spain. Koneru Humpy bagged the silver in girls' under-12. |
| 2/5/1986 | Laxmanrao Sardesai, famous Marathi and Konkani litterateur, passed away. |
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