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Historical Event on 10/15/1932

First Indian commercial airliner service 'Tata Sons Ltd' started. (Tata Airlines)

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/31/1980Nirmal Mukherjee, the last Indian Civil Service Officer, retired from service as Cabinet Secretary.
12/7/1992Religious riots swept across India in the wake of the destruction of the ancient Babri Masjid mosque by rampaging Hindu fanatics in the northern Indian town of Ayodhya yesterday. More than 800 people had been killed and hundreds injured as Muslim and Hindu mobs stabbed, shooted and beat each other. The violence had thrown the government into chaos and had spilled into the neighboring states of Pakistan and Bangladesh. The army had been called out to restore order in Bombay, where street battles left 41 dead. The stock market had been closed down and Parliament forced to adjourn. Advani quit as the leader of opposition in the Lok Sabha.
10/30/1999The Central Ministerial team led by Mr. Advani is prevented from making an on-the-spot assessment of the havoc wrecked by the super cyclone.
7/16/1997Kamal Hassan gets best actor award for ''Indian'' while Tabu bags best actress award for ''Maachis''.
2/3/1928Simon Commission comes to India under Lord Irwin, after which serious rioting started on his arrival.
5/1/1995SAARC endorses South Asia Free Trade Area (SAFTA) and establishes a South Asian Development Fund (SADF) for the economic and technical development of the subcontinent.
7/25/1976Sriram Singh at Montreal sets record for 800m in 1.45.77.
1/18/1932Shyam Nandan Kishore, great educationist, was born at Muzaffarpur.
5/8/1815Malaun of Nepal was captured by General David Ochterlony.
2/22/1944Kasturba Gandhi passed away in British imprisonment in Aga Khan Palace at Pune.