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Historical Event on 8/15/1998

Golden jubilee celebrations of the Indian Independence ends.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/2/1929Amritlal Basu, famous Bengali playwright, died.
4/17/1923Lindsay Anderson, director (Thursday's Children), was born in Bangalore, India.
1/3/1995PM inaugurates 82nd Indian Science Congress at Jadavpur University, Calcutta.
9/7/1968Benipuri Sharma, famous Hindi novelist, died.
11/6/1997Supreme Court acquits former Union Minister for Power and Food Kalpanath Rai held under TADA for alleged harbouring of an accused in ""1992 Bombay J.J. Hospital shootout case'
9/30/2000The Government appoints Dr. D.P.S. Seth as CMD of Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd.
11/6/1950King Tribhuvana of Nepal flees to India.
7/10/1997Rafiq Sadiq, Congress(I) leader, escapes attempt on life when armed militants ambush motorcade near Achabal in South Anantnag, Kashmir valley.
3/9/1961Vishnu Sahay was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 15-04-1962.
3/31/1926Dattatray Balwant Parasnis, who made research in History, passed away.