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Historical Event on 8/15/1972
Postal Index Number (PIN Code) of 6-digits was introduced.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 10/3/2000 | Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee buys peace with the Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee by agreeing to a partial rollback of the hike in prices of petroleum products. |
| 9/22/1992 | Harshad Mehta released after 110 days in jail. |
| 5/31/1998 | B. R. Rawat, an Indian diplomat, is assaulted by a Pakistani private security guard in Islamabad. |
| 7/31/1914 | Amar Nath Chawla, politician, was born at Taunggri, (Burma). |
| 2/23/1993 | Jnanpith Award was given to Sitakant Mahapatra (Oriya). |
| 5/9/1995 | Two new gas and oil reserves found off the Gujarat and Bombay coast. |
| 8/18/1800 | Fort William College was established at Calcutta. |
| 1/24/1857 | Calcutta University established. |
| 2/15/1865 | Kishorilal Goswami, Hindi novelist, was born. |
| 2/19/1895 | Munshi Newal Kishore, great social worker, educationist, nationalist, philanthropist and a pioneer industrialist, passed away at the age of 59. |
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