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Historical Event on 8/15/1955

Satyagrah started for the freedom of Goa.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/14/1995RBI announces the introduction of appointing ombudsmen to redress grievances and disputes of bank customers.
6/22/1917Mohy-id-Din Hajini, famous Hindi writer and professor, was born at Kashmir (Hajin).
2/26/1984Satellite Insat 1-B dedicated to the nation by Prime Minister Indira Gandhi.
5/11/1995In central Kashmir, militants burnt the Charar-e-Sherif shrine (the tomb of Sufi saint Sheikh Noorudin Noorani) built in 1460 by Zain-ul- Abidin.
11/24/1932The Third Round Table Conference ended in London. As Gandhi was in prison because of his civil disobedience movement he could not attend it. This conference ended without achieving anything.
1/7/1993The union govt. acquires 67.703 acres of land in and around the disputed area at Ayodhya and refers the issue to the Supreme Court.
11/15/1999Notorious criminal Surendra alias Dolatpuri is shot dead in a police encounter at Khatavli, Muzaffarnagar in Uttar Pradesh.
4/14/1989Ranjan Roy, captain of Indian Navy, and his wife Rupali Roy started off in a Maruti car.
11/17/1994North Eastern Council decides to include Sikkim in the Council.
3/5/1948C. Rajagopalachari appointed the first Indian Governor General to succeed Lord Mountbatten on 21 June.