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Historical Event on 3/15/1950

Planning Commission Day.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/30/1999Services regained team title in the national boxing championship in Visakhapatnam.
1/18/1970Kishan Singh at Cuttack sets record for 50 Km W.in 4.19.48.
7/29/1995Anup Jalota, famous Bhajan and Ghazal singer, was born.
1/26/1929Indian National Congress proclaims goal for India's independence.
3/20/1937England beat Scotland at Murrayfield for the first time for Soccer's Calcutta Cup, International Championship and Triple Crown, UK.
10/30/1996Pop star Michael Jackson arrives in Bombay.
8/1/1970Former Beatle George Harrison led an all-star entourage of rock talent through two sold-out shows at New York's Madison Square Garden tonight, in a benefit for Bangladesh refugees. More than 40,000 attended the concerts, and Harrison hoped to donate $250,000 to the cause. The shows opened with sets of Indian music by sitarist Ravi Shankar, then moved through songs featuring Harrison, Eric Clapton, Billy Preston, Leon Russell, and another ex-Beatle, Ringo Starr. But the evening's most ecstatic ovations were reserved for the unexpected appearance of Bob Dylan.
6/20/1992CPM decides to back Dr. Sharma.
1/1/1892Mahadev Haribhai Desai, follower of Gandhiji, was born in Surat district.
8/28/1896Firak Gorakhpuri, Urdu poet and Gyanpeeth awardee, was born.