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Historical Event on 8/15/1999
Atal Bihari Vajpayee, Prime Minister, says Agni-2 to be inducted in the defence arsenal.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 5/5/1906 | Ursula Jeans, actress (I Lived With You, Over the Moon), was born in Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. |
| 5/15/1998 | Pandit Ravi Shankar, Sitar maestro, receives the 1998 Polar music award. |
| 1/25/1988 | Bharat Ratna, India's highest award, was given to Dr. Marudu Gopalan Ramachandran, MGR (Posthumous) (1917-1987). |
| 4/1/1987 | Bureau of Indian Standards was changed to Indian Standards Institution. |
| 9/2/1956 | Collapse of a RR bridge under a train kills 120 (India). |
| 7/29/1997 | India to revive 'Agni' Intermediate Range Ballistic Missile programme. |
| 1/23/1992 | India becomes ASEAN dialogue partner. |
| 3/31/1930 | Shyamji Krishna Varma, freedom fighter, nationalist and patriot, passed away in Geneva. |
| 2/19/1818 | Bapu Gokhle, last General of Maratha kingdom, passed away. |
| 4/8/1937 | R. Gundurao, former Chief Minister of Karnataka and senior leader of Indira Congress, was born. |
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