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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
5/1/1983Amravati University established.
10/13/1987Kishore Kumar Ganguly, well known singer, died in Bombay.
11/24/1999India finish with 10 gold, eight silver and seven bronze medals in the Commonwealth shooting championship which ended in Auckland.
6/5/1996United Front Govt's Common Minimum Programme announced.
3/25/1996CBI gives a clean chit to PM Rao in the St. Kitts case.
5/13/1998India carries out two more nuclear tests at Pokharan in Rajasthan.
6/14/1929Jatindra Nath Das was arrested in Calcutta.
7/29/1987India and Sri Lanka sign peace accord at Colombo in a bid to end the 5-year old ethnic trouble. This stance taken thereafter by the LTTE added several dimensions to the scenario. It was a multi-purpose role that the Navy has been required to play.
4/11/1999The DRDO has successfully flight tested AGNI-11 with a range of 2000 km, using solid propellant rocket motors in both stages and rail mobile launcher system from its new launch complex in the Orissa Coast. With this launch the country has reached the point of operationalisation of AGNI-11 as a weapon system. (1-1-2000).
9/23/1983Supreme Court upholds execution of criminals through hanging by rope.