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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
6/21/1994The Janata Dal splits again, 14 of its 39 Lok Sabha members seek separate seats as a group.
11/19/1991Two national commissions on women set up.
9/9/1898Explosive Department of India was established at Nagpur. This is presently under the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Government of India.
3/16/1902A. Appadorai, educationist and author, was born at Angadipuram, Kerala.
10/4/1974India in apartheid protest refuses to play South Africa in Davis Cup finals.
9/11/1985Sri Lanka score their first Test victory by 149 runs against India.
8/15/1942Mahadev Haribhai Desai, an activist and Mahatma Gandhi's personal secretary, died of heart failure at Aga Khan's Palace.
6/4/1953University of Cambridge confers honorary Doctorate of Laws on J. L. Nehru.
9/30/1972Pakistani troops shell into the Indian zone of Kashmir.
12/5/1998Jaswant Singh and Pramod Mahajan take over as the new Foreign Minister and Minister for Information and Broadcasting. Jagmohan takes over as Minister for Communications.