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Historical Event on 8/15/1994

At Churchgate railway station on platform No.1, noted film actor A.K. Hangal signalled the start of theatre in a train by waving a green flag.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/30/1992The Supreme Court declares that capitation fee in educational institutions is unlawful.
6/15/1986K. K. Tarapore, cricketer (Test for India 1948), was killed in a motor-scooter accident.
2/8/1999Gen. K. Sundarji (69), former Chief of Army Staff, died in New Delhi.
2/13/1994Yashwant Narsingh Kelkar, senior historian and journalist in Maharashtra, passed away.
8/1/1962Establishment of Maharashtra State Industrial Development Corporation.
1/24/1997Justice Meera Sahib Fathima Beevi and Justice Sukhdev Singh Kang appointed Governors of Tamil Nadu and Kerala respectively.
2/21/1983More than 600 people were killed in the Indian state of Assam after student agitators protesting the immigration of Muslim refugees from Bangladesh attempted to stop state elections.
11/21/1971Rebellion in East Pakistan (formerly Bengal). Ten million Bengalis flee to India. Indo-Pak border clashes escalate to war. India defeats West Pakistan. E. Pakistan becomes independent Bangladesh.
5/6/1967Dr. Zakir Hussain elected President.
9/2/1911Chamaklal Dahyabhai Vyas, great poet, was born at Gujarat, Vyara.