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Historical Event on 8/15/1960

Maharashtra State Sahkari Grihvitta Corporation was established.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/14/1995Major train accident near Salem when KK Express collides with goods train killing 51 people.
3/24/1998200 people are killed in a tornado on both sides of the West Bengal-Orissa border. The toll includes 80 from West Bengal's Midnapore district.
12/9/1999BJP expels former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Kalyan Singh.
7/29/1991Vazhappadi K. Ramamurthy, Union Labour Minister, resigns on account of differences on Cauvery water issue.
8/4/1906Dr. Yashwant Singh Parmar, the architect of modern Himachal Pradesh and an energetic Chief Minister, was born at Chanhalag village in Sirmaur.
3/31/1913Foundation stone of 'Gateway of India' was laid by Sir George Sydneham Clerk.
11/25/1998Prof. K. S. Hegde (75), former Vice-Chancellor of Mysore University and educationist, dies in New Delhi. He was selected by the Government of India for overseas scholarship for post graduate studies and higher technical training abroad during the pre-independence era.
5/20/1776Malharrao Holkar, founder of Indoor, passed away.
4/30/1988Raj Kapoor gets Dada Saheb Phalke award for 1988.
5/10/1981The first day and night cricket match of India was played at the flood-lit ground of the Wilson College Gymkhana (Bombay).