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September

What Happened this Day in India History Events.

1860 M Visvesvaraya, considered India's greatest engineer, was born. It is celebrated as Engineers Day in the country.
1948 The first flag of independent India INS-Delhi reached the port of Bombay (now Mumbai).
1958 The deadly disease trachoma virus was first discovered in medical science.
1959 India's national broadcasting service Doordarshan started in Delhi for the first time.
2004 'Woman of the Year' award to British citizen Gurinder Chadha.
1931 Gandhi-Irwin Pact.
1909 Famous Tamil Nadu leader and former Chief Minister C.N. Birth of Annadurai.
1939 Birth of Subramanian Swamy for Indian Economist, Educational, and Politician, Law Minister and Justice India.
1946 Jokin Arputham, a man who struggled for the slums of Mumbai, was born.