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Historical Event on 8/15/1998

Golden jubilee celebrations of the Indian Independence ends.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/2/1911Ambat Menon, great educationist, was born at Chittore, Kerala .
2/17/1994Bihar leader Ram Lakhan Singh Yadav and Mizoram's Dr. C. Silvera inducted into Union Cabinet.
4/26/1993Indian Airlines' IC 491 crashes at Aurangabad, killing 55 passengers.
10/15/1902Bhaurao Krishnarao Gaekwad, great leader, was born. He was a colleagu of Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar.
10/1/1990Constitution's 75th amendment bill to extend President's rule in Punjab for another six months fails through the first stage in Lok Sabha for want of a simple majority.
5/30/1950Devdutta Ramkrishna Bhandarkar, great historian and archaeologist, passed away.
12/13/1978Sayyed Avid Husain, litterateur and Padmabhushan awardee, passed away.
11/2/1999BJP suffers jolt in Bihar as it fails to win a single seat it contested in the October 28 poll to four Lok Sabha seats.
11/2/1999Buhlul Khan Lodi, an Afghan and founder of Lodi dynasty, ascends the throne of Delhi and displaced the Alam Shah of Syed dynasty.
3/28/1995Haridev Joshi, former Chief Minister of Rajasthan and former Governor of Assam Meghalay, passed away.