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Historical Event on 9/15/1940
Anil Yashwant Tipnis, Air Chief Marshal, was born.
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| 10/6/1893 | Meghnad N. Saha, astrophysicist, was born. In 1920, he developed the 'Thermal Ionization Equation', which has remained fundamental in all works on stellar atmospheres. This equation has been widely applied to the interpretation of stellar spectra, which are characteristic of the chemical composition of the light source. |
| 9/21/1996 | Rao resigns Congress Party President post. |
| 9/19/2000 | Gopi Chand of India falls to Henderawan of Indonesia in the quarter-finals of the badminton event at the Sydney Olympics. |
| 1/9/1854 | Govind Vasudev Kanitkar, noted poem writier, novelist and translator, was born. |
| 8/18/1991 | 12 LTTE militants commit suicide. |
| 8/9/1971 | Vinodnand Jha, former Chief Minister of Bihar, died. |
| 7/21/1994 | The Supreme Court declares that SC/ST will lose status on migration to other states. |
| 1/22/1996 | Janata Dal parliamentary party leader Sharad Yadav resigns from Lok Sabha membership (Jain hawala case). |
| 2/2/1952 | India won first cricket Test Match at Chepauk Stadium, Madras. |
| 8/1/1994 | The Railway passenger insurance scheme comes into force. |
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