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Historical Event on 8/15/1949

Chandernagore joins the Indian Union. Panchayati Raj inaugurated in 114,000 villages.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/22/1947Dilip Rasiklal Doshi, cricketer (India's main slow lefty post-Bedi), was born in Rajkot.
9/5/1997Mother Teresa, founder of Missionaries of Charity who was awarded with Nobel Prize (1979) and Bharat Ratna, died at the age of 87 due to heart attack late in the evening around 9:30 pm in Calcutta.
8/10/1942Manju Bala Patil was shot on the road at Mumbai by the British Police.
6/19/1966Shiv Sena was established.
12/1/1989Dr. Chenna Reddi (Congress-I) becomes CM of Andhra Pradesh.
3/7/1952Parmahansa Yogananda, great saint, social reformer and writer, died at Los Angles.
10/26/1886Godavarish Mishra, famous Orria poet, playwright and patriot, was born.
11/15/1992Praveen Amre scores century (103) on Test Cricket debut vs South Africa at Durban
1/29/1976Parliamenentary Committee on official language constituted. The Committee has since then submitted six parts of its report and Presidential orders have been issued on first five parts of it. The sixth part is in print.
2/15/1976The Division of Publication & Information was established in I.C.M.R. Headquarters.