15 September in Hindu history
15 September 1860
M. Visvesvaraya born at Muddenahalli
The engineer who builds the Krishna Raja Sagara dam and serves as Diwan of Mysore is born in Kolar district. Bharat keeps his birthday as Engineers’ Day.
15 September 1959
Doordarshan begins in Delhi
An experimental television service starts from a small studio at Akashvani Bhavan, Delhi. Twenty-eight years later its Ramayan empties the streets.