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Historical Event on 8/15/1996

Deve Gowda speaks in Hindi on the occasion of the 50th Independence Day.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/20/1946Gandhiji starts tour without party.
11/24/1924Rasipuram Krishnaswami Laxman, famous political cartoonist, was born.
2/23/1962The Cholera Research Centre was established at Calcutta (renamed as the National Institute of Cholera & Enteric Diseases in 1979).
6/8/1936Akashwani Radio was later changed into All India Radio (AIR) in 1958.
1/12/2000Dr. Gurudev S. Khush of the Manila-based International Rice Research Institute wins the Wolf prize for Agriculture for the year 2000.
12/15/1951Scindia's SS Jal Pushpa launched.
2/19/1994IRBM Agni Missile test fired successfully for the third time.
5/21/1996M.S. Sushama Dande (Shiv Sena) elected first woman mayor of New Mumbai along with Savitri Patil (Shiv Sena) as Deputy Mayor.
6/30/1992Over 20 Indian pilgrims die in Saudi Arabia due to heatwave and inadequate medical attention.
5/23/1993Channa Reddy,Rajasthan Governor, shifted to Tamil Nadu. Motilal Vohra appointed in UP and B. Satyanarayan Reddy moved to Orissa.