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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
2/23/1952Employees Provident Fund Bill and Miscellaneous Provision Act passed in the Lok Sabha.
12/11/1986The United Nations Children's fund (UNICEF) completes 40 years of work on behalf of children (11-12-86).
4/21/1992UN Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali visits New Delhi.
5/4/1957Rai Chaudhary Hemchandra, great historian, passed away.
9/6/1657Shahjahan fell ill. His four sons Dara Shikoh, Suja, Aurangzeb and Murad advanced towards Delhi to capture the throne.
4/10/1982Mahatma Gandhi Road Bridge at Patna started by Indira Gandhi.
11/9/1990Vishwanath Pratap Singh resigned from the post of Prime Minister of India after losing the Vote of Confidence moved against him.
1/17/1905Dattaraya Ramchandra Kaprekar was born at Dahanu near Bombay. He discovered the shortest possible routes to solve mathematical problems. In 1927, he won the wrangler R. P. Paranjpe Mathematical Prize for an Original Piece of work in mathematics. He discovered 'Kaprekar Constant' in 1946. It is the number ""6174"". The constant 6174 is arrived at and this number then generates itself into one set of numbers called ""self numbers"" that is also known by his name. Kaprekar passed away in 1988.
5/13/1962Dr. Rajendra Prasad (1884-1963) retired from the post of first President.
6/4/1997Fourth Indian Remote Sensing Satellite (IRS-1D), carring advanced remote sensing cameras launched by India's Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-1D), in service.