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Historical Event on 8/15/1997
Freedom fighter's pension to be doubled from the existing Rs. 1,500.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 5/25/1990 | Jag Mohan, J&K Governor, resigns. Girish Chandra Saxena appointed new Governor. |
| 10/29/1935 | Narendra Kumar Chhajerh, great industrialist, was born. |
| 1/2/1994 | India and Pakistan resume talks after a gap of 16 months. |
| 8/8/1923 | Floods on the Ganges and Jumna rivers cause loss of life in Benares, India. |
| 5/8/1906 | Prannath Thapar, former General of India, was born. |
| 9/21/1994 | Outbreak of pneumonic plague in Surat, Gujarat. |
| 10/2/2000 | Mukesh Kumar, India hockey player, retires from international hockey. |
| 11/17/1857 | Sir Colin Campbell, British Army Officer, managed to supress Indian Mutiny sepoys at Lucknow. |
| 1/21/1963 | Acharaya Shivpujan Sahai, famous Hindi writer, poet and novelist, died. He was editor of Hindi journals like ""Marwari Sudhar"", ""Samanwaya"", ""Adarsh"" etc. He wrote 400 short stories and 67 biographies. His novel ""Dehati Dunia"" is acclaimed as first regional novel in Hindi. |
| 3/12/1995 | Congress party loses India national election. |
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