15th March – What Happened Today In History? | On This Day

Today In History? 

Find out what happened on 15th March in History. There are a lot many happenings which had taken place on this date in the pages of Indian History, here we have listed some of the very important events occurred 15th March

Honey Singh also known as Yo Yo Honey Singh is a Punjabi rapper, Music Producer, Singer and Actor. He started as a session and recording artist, and became a Bhangra producer. Honey Singh has received the ETC award.

Abhay Singh Deol (born 15 March 1976), better known as Abhay Deol, is an Indian film actor and producer whose family has a long history in the Hindi film industry. Deol has appeared in films such as Dev.D

Sandeep Unnikrishnan (15 March 1977 – 28 November 2008) was a Major in the Indian Army serving in the elite Special Action Group of the National Security Guards (NSG). He was killed in action while fighting terrorists in the November 2008 Mumbai attacks.

Jishu Sengupta popularly known as Jisshu, is a popular Bengali film actor. Though, his real name is Biswaroop Sengupta, he is more famous as Jishu, his pet name. He is the son of Ujjwal Sengupta, also an actor of Bengali films.

Kanshi Ram (Punjabi: ਕਾਂਸ਼ੀ ਰਾਮ ) (March 15, 1934 – October 9, 2006) was an Indian politician. He founded the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), a political party with the stated goal of serving the traditionally lower castes of Indian society (that historically also included untouchables).

Death anniversaries on 15th March

Paravoor Govindan Devarajan popularly known as G. Devarajan or Devarajan master, was a Malayalam music composer, died on March 15, 2006 in Chennai, at the age of 81.

Rahi Masoom Reza born in Ghazipur in eastern Uttar Pradesh (India) in a Muslim family, was a famous Urdu shayar. He also won the Filmfare Best Dialogue Award for the hit film Main Tulsi Tere Aangan Ki in 1979. He also wrote in Hindustani and Hindi language.

Govindan Aravindan  (born 21 January 1935 in Kottayam — died 15 March 1991 in Trivandrum) who was popularly known as G. Aravindan was a national award winning film director, screenwriter, musician and cartoonist from Kerala, India.

Chief Justice Dorab Framrose Patel (b.1924 Quetta – d.15 March 1997), was a Pakistan jurist, and lawmaker who served as a former Chief Justice of Supreme Court of Pakistan and former Chief Justice of Sindh High Court.

Raghupathi Venkaiah Naidu (15 October 1887 – 15 March 1941) known popularly as father of Telugu Cinema was an Indian artist and a pioneer in the production of silent Indian movies and talkies.

Notable Events:

1919 Osmania University was established at Hyderabad.

1946 Attlee offers India full independence after agreement on constitution in London.

1950 Planning Commission Day.

1969 Indian Navy’s first Helicopter Squadron was commissioned in Goa.

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