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Historical Event on 8/15/1950
Earthquake measuring 8.6 on Richter Scale hits Assam in north eastern India claiming 11,000 lives.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 3/18/1953 | Backward Classes Commission inaugurated. |
| 9/4/1997 | Dharmavir Bharti, great journalist and editor of Dharamyug, died at 6 am. |
| 12/24/1891 | Chandra Singh Garhwali, freedom fighter and revolutionary, was born in Masson, Patti Chauthan, Tehsil Thalisain, District Garhwal. |
| 11/9/1999 | Prof. Romila Thapar, historian, is elected to the highest British academic honour. |
| 1/10/1986 | Pakistan decides to lift 8-year-old ban on private trade with India. |
| 1/20/1957 | First Indian Atomic Reactor ""Apsara"" at Trombay, Mumbai, was dedicated to the nation. |
| 6/1/1993 | Premkumar Sharma, MLA of Bhartiya Janata Party, was assassinated. |
| 5/2/1968 | Lok Sabha passed the Public Providend Fund Act. |
| 1/25/1989 | Motilal Vora sworn in as CM of Madhya Pradesh. |
| 2/9/1994 | Supreme Court sets aside disqualification (under anti-defection law in 1991) of former Goa CM Ravi Naik. |
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