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Historical Event on 10/15/1946

Victor Banerjee, actor (A Passage to India), was born in Calcutta, India.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/4/1947San Francisco's Henry Grady chosen the first U.S. ambassador to India.
4/1/1986Delhi beat Haryana by innings and 141 runs to win the Ranji Trophy.
10/12/1995Inderjit Gupta re-elected General Secretary of CPI.
1/26/1993Sub Lt. Rubi Singh of the Navy becomes the first woman in India to lead an armed force contingent in the Republic Day parade at New Delhi; British PM John Major attends as the first ever British head of Government as Chief Guest.
4/4/1984Squadron Leader Rakesh Sharma was the first Indian Astronaut to go in space from Baikanaur aboard Soviet Space Craft 'Soyuz 11' and revolved around the earth.
1/10/1616Sir Thomas Row, first English Ambassador, submitted his identification to Emperor Jahangir at Ajmer.
10/23/1996Amjad Ali Khan, sarod maestro, appointed UNICEF's national ambassador for children.
12/5/1998Jaswant Singh and Pramod Mahajan take over as the new Foreign Minister and Minister for Information and Broadcasting. Jagmohan takes over as Minister for Communications.
1/6/1980In the general election (7th) of India, Indira Gandhi led Indian National Congress Party gains two-thirds majority in the Lok Sabha legislative elections.
3/5/1991Congress threatens to withdraw support to the minority government of Chandrasekhar on the issue of police surveillance in Rajiv Gandhi's residence.