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Historical Event on 9/15/1947

Gandhi deplores the idea of population transfer.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/8/1997G. K. Moopanar unanimously elected first president of Tamil Maanila Congress.
2/13/1998India signs two agreements with the U.N. Development Fund for a $13.75-million grant for food security and environment support.
3/9/1966India yields to Sikh demand for Punjab-speaking state.
1/26/1927Laxman Madhav Katre, former Indian Air Chief Marshall, was born.
5/1/1926Jim Corbett killed the notorious man-eating leopard of Rudraprayag at Gulabrai village, who had attacked and killed about 125 people.
3/29/1999A massive earthquake in the Garhwal region of Uttar Pradesh in the inner Himalayas claims 85 lives and more than 130 injured.
9/24/1995Kanpur University renamed as Chhatrapati Shahu University.
7/16/1996The four basin states of Narmada valley - Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Gujarat, Maharashtra - reach agreement to raise the height of Sardar Sarovar dam in Gujarat to 436' after which hydrological studies will be done for 5 years to decide whether the height should be raised to the awarded 455'.
8/13/1956National Highways Act was approved by the Parliament of India.
2/18/1975Syed Nazir Ali, cricketer (2 Tests for India, 4 wickets), passed away.