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Historical Event on 8/15/1996

Deve Gowda speaks in Hindi on the occasion of the 50th Independence Day.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/15/1997IWM Vijayalakshmi wins Asian Zonal Women's Chess tournament in Tehran.
1/25/2000The Government awards Padma Vibhushan to R.K. Narayan, Dr.M.S. Gill; Padma Bhushan for Rajnikant and Padmashri for A.R. Rehman.
5/31/1928Pankaj Khirod Roy, cricketer (Indian opener, 413 partnership w/Vinoo Mankad), was born in Calcutta. He was the recipient of Padmashree (1975).
12/15/1965Third cyclone of the year kills another 15,000 at mouths of Ganges river.
1/26/1988A Post Office was established at Dakshin Gangotri under the Goa Postal Division. (11-7-89).
11/24/1988Mizoram became the first Lok Sabha member.
7/15/1967Narayan Shripad Rajhans (Balgandharv), famous singer and actor, passed away.
12/14/1952Roshan Harshadlal ""Deepak"" Shodhan scored 110 in his Test Cricket debut vs Pakistan in Calcutta.
4/10/1901Amiya Chakravarty, educationist, was born at Serampore in West Bengal.
8/29/1995National Sports Day declared.