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Historical Event on 8/15/1994

At Churchgate railway station on platform No.1, noted film actor A.K. Hangal signalled the start of theatre in a train by waving a green flag.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/28/1998India and Pakistan clash at the Security Council after New Delhi denounced the running of terrorist training camps in the Pakistan-occupied Kashmir and Afghanistan.
3/16/1945Ganesh Damodar Savarkar, who was a revolutionary and brother of Swatantriya Veer Vinayak Damodar Savarkar, passed away.
1/31/1992The Securities and Exchange Board of India given statutory power as an autonomous body.
10/3/1999Insp N Gojen Singh won a 'silver' medal in 10,000 m. race and 6th position in 5,000 m. race in the 8th Asian Junior Athletic Championship ( International Level) held at Singapore.
12/23/1969Armstrong and Aldrin collected Moon rock, which was kept on exhibition in New Delhi.
4/18/1612Khurram prince was married to Arjumand Banu Begum.
12/9/1989Shyama Charan Shukla sworn in as Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh.
3/18/1948Socialist Party of India (SPI) disassociates itself from the Congress.
4/4/1786In British Parliament, Berk alleged 11 corruption charges against Indian Governor General Warren Hastings.
10/18/1861Chintaman Vinayak Vaidya, historian and researcher, was born.