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This Day in History on 15 September
The historical events hold a lot of value for aspirants who are sitting for UPSC competitive exams including that of the IAS Exam.
On this page, we will list all historical events that have occurred on 15 September. The students can refer them while preparing for all competitive exams and banking exams.
Important Days
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Important Events
1948 – The Indian Army captures the towns of Jalna, Latur, Mominabad, Surriapet and Narkatpalli as part of Operation Polo.
Birth/Birth Anniversary
1861 – M. Visvesvaraya, Indian engineer, scholar, and Bharat Ratna Laureate, Diwan of the Mysore Kingdom (d. 1962)
1909 – C. N. Annadurai, Indian educator and politician, 7th Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu (d. 1969)
1939 – Subramanian Swamy, Indian economist, academic, and politician, Indian Minister of Law and Justice
1950 – Rajiv Malhotra, Indian author
Death/ Death Anniversary
2015 – Harry J. Lipkin, Israeli physicist and academic (b. 1921)
2015 – Meir Pa’il, Israeli commander, historian, and politician (b. 1926)
2015 – Bernard Van de Kerckhove, Belgian cyclist (b. 1941)
2017 – Harry Dean Stanton, American actor (b. 1926)