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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
11/5/1929Narottam Morarjee, great social reformer and the architect of the modern Indian Shipping, died.
1/10/1993Advani, Joshi released on court orders.
1/18/1932Shyam Nandan Kishore, great educationist, was born at Muzaffarpur.
3/30/1699Guru Govind Singh the 10th Guru of Sikh's established 'Khalsa Panth'.
2/7/1993Medium-range surface to surface missile, 'Prithvi' successfully launched for the 10th time.
5/25/1933All young Hindus aged between 12 and 25 years were forced to carry identity cards to prevent spread of terrorism.
9/24/1674Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj was second time crowned by 'Tantrik Paddhati'.
3/30/1929Weekly postal service across 5,000-miles by aeroplane started between England and India serving India, Egypt, Palestine and Iraq in London.
3/15/1997Lok Sabha passes Income Tax (Amendment) Bill, 1997.
7/29/1999Bandh in Mumbai to protest against the verdict barring Bal Thackeray from voting and contesting any election till December 10, 2001.