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Historical Event on 9/15/1997

Prasar Bharati Act comes into force seeking to free Doordarshan and Akashvani from government control.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/7/1958Acharya Kripalani elected leader of a new opposition group in the Lok Sabha.
9/2/1993Vice Admiral V.S. Shekhawat appointed new naval chief.
12/27/1990Central Govt. introduces fresh direct tax proposals to raise additional Rs. 810 crore by raising income tax and fixing limits for deduction of depreciation.
11/24/1969Guru Nanak University established at Amritsar, Punjab.
8/11/1916Gopal Raghunath Bewur, former Chief of Army and fighter, was born.
7/14/196985 persons were killed when a freight train collided with a passanger train near Jaipur.
9/19/2000Karnam Malleswari adds a glorious chapter to Indian sports history at the Sydney International Convention Centre by becoming the first woman to gain an Olympic medal.
9/8/1991Hostage ONGC engineer T.S. Raju and mediator Bipul Mahanta, an Amnesty International member, killed by ULFA in Assam.
5/21/1835Biharilal Chakravorty, Bengali poet, was born.
10/30/1994India seeks Chinese support for Security Council membership.