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Historical Event on 8/15/1982

Doordarshan's national programme and the first nationwide colour transmission started by Delhi Doordarshan.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/6/1998All IAF Meteorological Sections were put on high alert from 06 Jun 98, and constant interaction with India Meteorological Department (IMD) at Mumbai and the (IMD) Centre at Ahmedabad resulted in 24 hours tracking and plotting of the cyclone, which was passed down as forecasts to Service and civil authorities in the Saurashtra and Kutch region.
6/18/1991Congress emerges as the largest party in Lok Sabha polls though short of an absolute majority.
3/17/1999An international seminar on UN Peacekeeping was co-jointly hosted by Ministry of External affairs and Ministry of Defence at New Delhi from 17 to 19 March 1999. The seminar was conducted by HQ Army Training Command, Shimla on behalf of the Indian Army. A total of 126 foreign delegates from 71 countries participated in the seminar.
10/30/1994Swaran Singh, 87, former External Affairs minister, died.
12/1/1982Pakistan beats India to win hockey gold in the Asian Games.
2/19/1992The ruling Congress party wins local elections boycotted by Sikhs in Punjab.
8/19/1907Acharya Hajariprasad Dwivedi was born.
1/3/1952India adopted birth control program with aid of U.N. World Health Organization.
4/25/1982India's first telecast colour broadcasting started on Dordarshan.
5/31/1977Major Premchand and Naik Nima Dorji Sherpa, in the team on Indian Army Treckers, reached the peak of Kanchenjunga. They were amongst the first Indians to reach this peak.