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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 |
| 4/15/1980 | Six more private sector banks nationalized. |
| 7/8/1991 | L.K. Advani recognised as the leader of the Opposition of BJP in the 10th Lok Sabha. |
| 8/18/1911 | Adityanath Jha, former Governor of Delhi, was born. |
| 2/17/1992 | S. V. Sheshadri, sports journalist, passed away. |
| 4/26/1762 | Shyam Shastri, musician and a great artist of India, was born at Tiruvarur. |
| 11/5/1999 | The CBI arrests the Bihar Road Construction Minister Illiyas Hussain and conducts raids in the Bitumen scam case. |
| 8/5/1981 | Jagjivan Ram heads breakaway Congress(U) and calls new party Congress (J). |
| 2/23/1980 | Prakash Padukone becomes the first Indian to win All-England Badminton Championship. |
| 10/16/1922 | M.V. Desai, social reformer and journalist, was born. |
| 1/7/1831 | Heinrich Von Stephan, famous general of postal union and freedom fighter, was born at Pomerania. |
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