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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 |
| 11/28/1704 | Jacob Mossel, Governor General (Dutch East Indies), was born. |
| 11/15/1992 | 37 die in a landslide at Meghamalai near Chinnamanur. |
| 8/18/1969 | Humayun Kabir, great politician, died. |
| 12/26/1999 | Shankar Dayal Sharma (81), former President of India, died in New Delhi. |
| 6/8/1915 | P.C.Kuttikrishnan 'Urub', Malyalam story writer and novelist, was born. |
| 9/21/1948 | Formation of Press Trust of India (PTI) announced under an agreement signed between Reuters and Indian and Eastern Newspapers Society. |
| 7/15/1920 | Earthquake in Delhi. |
| 9/29/1907 | Labour MP James Keir Hardie accuses UK of running India 'like the Czar runs Russia' |
| 7/20/2000 | In a nationwide swoop, IT Department officials search the residences of cricketers Kapil Dev, Mohammad Azharuddin, Ajay Jadeja and former ICC Chairman Jagmohan Dalmiya and recover incriminating documents. |
| 1/1/1976 | Broadcasting of Commercial Advertisements on TV stations started. |
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