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Historical Event on 8/15/1950
Indian Constitution goes into effect.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 10/1/1997 | Gerhard Fischer, social worker, nominated for Gandhi peace prize. The 76-year-old German "Ambassador of Humanity'' was unanimously chosen for his contribution for social, economic and political transformation through non-violence |
| 3/4/1858 | J. P. Walker, British Officer, along with 200 prisoners who were mainly from the Indian Sepoy Mutiny, sailed from Calcutta to start a new settlement in the Andaman Islands. |
| 10/1/1995 | Hastimal Firodia, astrologer and industrialist, died. |
| 12/11/1845 | First battle between Britishers and Sikhs. In 1849, Punjab lost its independence. This is referred as the first Anglo-Sikh War. |
| 11/18/1960 | Raghunath Chaudhary, famous natural poet of Assam, passed away. |
| 1/25/1930 | Mehdi Baqer, great educationist, was born at Faizabad in UP. |
| 2/12/1742 | Nana Phadnavis, one of the important members of Peshwa kingdom and the Maratha master-diplomat, was born. |
| 3/5/1916 | Biju Patnaik, famous Oriya leader and Chief Minister, was born. |
| 4/14/1988 | Ashok Kumar, actor, recieved the Dada Saheb Phalke Award. |
| 5/9/1996 | LDF wins 80 sets and UDF 59 in Kerala elections . |
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