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

Today In History?

Find out what happened on the 15th of September 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 occur 15th of September

Ramya Krishnan ( born 15 September 1967) is an actress who performs in Indian cinema. She has acted in over 200 films in five languages: Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam and Hindi. Ramya Krishnan was born in a Tamil Iyer family, in Chennai. She had initial training in Bharathanatyam, Western and Kuchipudi dance forms and had given many stage performances.

Subramanian Swamy (born 15 September 1939 in Chennai, India sometimes spelt Subramaniam Swamy) is an Indian academician, politician, and economist. He is the President of the Janata Party of India. He also presently serves as chairman of the SCMS Board of Governors of the SCMS Group of Educational Institutions in Kerala

Conjeevaram Natarajan Annadurai (15 September 1909 – 3 February 1969), popularly called Annaor Arignar Anna (Anna the scholar) was a former Chief Minister of the South Indian state of Tamil Nadu.

Sir Mokshagundam Visveswaraiah KCIE, popularly known as Sir MV; 15 September 1861 – 14 April 1962) was a notable Indian engineer, scholar, statesman and the Diwan of Mysore during 1912 to 1918. He was a recipient of the Indian Republic’s highest honour, the Bharat Ratna, in 1955.

Bhupinder Hooda born 15 September 1947) is an Indian politician and leader of the Indian National Congress who has been Chief Minister of Haryana since March 2005. He began a second term in October 2009 after leading the Congress Party to an election victory. This was the first time since 1972 that a party had returned to power in Haryana.

Death Anniversaries on 15th of September

Balbir Singh Sodhi (1949–September 15, 2001), a gas station owner in Mesa, Arizona, was murdered in the aftermath of the September 11, 2001 attacks in the first of several cases across the United States that were reported to the police as acts of retaliation for the terrorist attacks. According to family members, Singh Sodhi had been distraught because of the terrorist attacks.

Kadiri Venkata Reddy or K. V. Reddy (1 July 1912 – 15 September 1972) was a director, writer, producer and production manager of Telugu films from Andhra Pradesh, India. K. V. Reddy was born on 1 July 1912 in Tadipatri, Anantapur district in the Indian state of Andra Pradesh.

Kuppahalli Sitaramayya Sudarshan (born June 18, 1931) was the former sarsanghachalak (2000-2009) of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), a Hindu nationalist organisation which is said to be devoted to social welfare. Sudarshan was born in Raipur (now in Chhattisgarh) in a Sanketi Hindu family. He was nine when he first attended an RSS shakha.

Muazzam Jah, Walasham Sahebzada Nawab Mir Shuja’at ‘Ali Khan Bahadur (21 December 1907 – 15 September 1987), was the son of the last Nizam of Hyderabad, Osman Ali Khan, Asaf Jah VII and his first wife Dulhan Pasha Begum. He first married Princess Niloufer (4 January 1916-12 June 1989), one of the last princesses of the Ottoman empire. He later had two other wives,

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Maraimalai Adigal   (15 July 1876 – 15 September 1950) was an eminent Tamil orator and writer. He was a devout Hindu as a staunch follower of Saivism. He has authored more than 100 books, including works on original poems and dramas, but most famous are his books on his research into Tamil literature. Most of his literary works were on Saivism.

15-September-1926 Vande Mataram’, a lengthy feature film produced by Vande Mataram Film Co, Bombay, was prohibited on September 15 by the Censor Board on the grounds that it was an underlying attack on the prestige of University Education in India. The film, however, was cleared on December 7 after deleting the objectionable scenes.

15-September-1948 The India flag carrying vessel reached Bombay Port.

15-September-1953 S. Vijayalakshmi Pandit was elected as the first lady President of the eighth session of the United Nations Organisation’s (UNO) General Assembly.

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