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Historical Event on 8/15/1965

Television starts in New Delhi.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/9/1976President suspends seven freedoms guaranteed by Article 19 of the Constitution.
10/9/1994Kamal Bose, great photographer, died.
12/21/1999The Manisana Wage Board for Journalists and Non-Journalists of Newspapers presents tentative proposals to the Government.
9/29/1998ISRO successfully launches its largest sounding rocket, Rohini (RH-560 mk, 11 total payload, 127 kg).
5/25/1991Indian, UN Angola Verification Mission - I ended (UNAVEM - I June 1989 - May 1991).
4/29/1948Natraj Kamakshi, modern social reformer and journalist, passed away.
12/17/1974Ustad Gulam Sabir, famous Sarangi player, died at Kanpur.
1/11/1955Production of Newsprint paper factory started for the first time in India.
4/1/1997Govt. clarifies it is illegal to carry a child on a two-wheeler in addition to a pillion rider.
8/17/1998National Human Rights Commission recommends compulsory registration of marriages in a bid to check child marriages.