15th Oct – What Happened Today In History?

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Today In History?

Find out what happened on the 15th of October 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 October

Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam born 15 October 1931) usually referred to as Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam, is an Indian scientist and administrator who served as the 11th President of India. Kalam was born and raised in Rameswaram, Tamil Nadu and completed his studies in aerospace engineering at Madras Institute of Technology (MIT – Chennai).

Mira Nair (born October 15, 1957) is an Indian film director and producer based in New York. Her production company is Mirabai Films. She was educated at Delhi University and Harvard University. Her debut feature film, Salaam Bombay! (1988), won the Golden Camera award at the Cannes Film Festiva

Victor Banerjee (born 15 October 1946) is an Indian actor who appears in Hindi, Bengali and English language films. He has also appeared on a number of TV series on Indian television.

Natesan Ramani (commonly known as N. Ramani, born 1934) is an Indian Carnatic flautist. N. Ramani was born in Tiruvarur in Tamil Nadu. Aside from the influence of his place of birth, Ramani was born into a musical family. Ramani’s grandfather, Sri Aazhiyur Narayanaswami Iyer, was his first guru and was a well known flute artist and singer himself.

Meera Sanyal ( born 15 October 1961) is a banking professional in India, who was an independent candidate in the 2009 Lok Sabha elections from the Mumbai South constituency. She is the President of the Indian Liberal Group, a think tank and a non-governmental organization working towards good governance in India.

Death Anniversaries on 15th of October

Sai Baba of Shirdi (Unknown – October 15, 1918), also known as Shirdi Sai Baba was an Indian guru, yogi, and fakir who is regarded by his Hindu and Muslim devotees as a saint. Many Hindu devotees – including Hemadpant, who wrote the famous Shri Sai Satcharitra – consider him an incarnation of Lord Krishna

Om Shivpuri (died 15 October 1990) was an Indian theatre actor-director and character actor in Hindi films. A National School of Drama, New Delhi alumni, Om Shivpuri became the first chief of the National School of Drama Repertory Company (1964) and one of its actors.

Talwinder Singh Parmar (February 26, 1944-October 15, 1992), born in village Panshta (Panchhat), district Kapurthala, Punjab, India, was a highranking member of the Sikh militant group Babbar Khalsa. He belonged to the Sikh Rajput community. Parmar carried out fighting from outside India founding the Babbar Khalsa International (BKI) in Vancouver, Canada in 1979

Baba Kanshi Ram (11 July 1882 – 15 October 1943) was an Indian poet and independence activist from the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh. Kanshi Ram got married at a very early age of seven to Sarasvati Devi who, at that time, was five.

Suryakant Tripathi ‘Nirala’ (February 21, 1899 – October 15, 1961) was one of the most famous figures of the modern Hindi literature. He was a poet, novelist, essayist and story-writer. He also drew many sketches.