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Historical Event on 8/15/1985

Accord reached on the Assam foreign nationals issue, agitation called off.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/18/1950Batubhai Umarwadia, father of Gujrati literature's English type and drama writer, passed away.
5/29/1972Prithviraj Kapoor, famous film actor, passed away.
10/2/1950Persis Khambatta, famous actress (Star Trek, Megaforce), was born in Bombay.
2/26/1946Mrinal Pandey, famous Hindi columnist, was born.
3/17/1910Smt. Anutai Wagh, great social worker, passed away.
12/11/1993Shankar Dayal Sharma, President, inaugurates the extended new wing of Nagpur Vidhan Bhavan.
9/19/2000Karnam Malleswari becomes the first Indian woman to win an Olympic medal (bronze) at the Sydney Olympics.
7/21/1907Gulam Mohamad Bakshi, former Prime Minister Jammu and Kashmir, was born.
10/16/1983Harish Chandra, great Indian scientist, died. His work in a narrow branch of modern mathematics led to its developement to such an extent that it drew the attention of mathematicians all over the world.
1/19/1966Indira Gandhi elected leader of the Congress party to succeed the late Lal Bahadur Shastri as the third Prime Minister of India. She pledged to follow path of Non-Alignment in worlds affairs.