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Historical Event on 8/15/1950

Earthquake measuring 8.6 on Richter Scale hits Assam in north eastern India claiming 11,000 lives.

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6/22/1991M. Karunanidhi, DMK President, resigned from the Assembly.
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12/10/1998Prof. Amartya Sen receives the 1998 Nobel Prize for Economics.
12/11/1958Wilson Jones became India's first individual World Champion when he won the Amateur Billiards Championship.
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2/6/1950N. R. Pillai was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 13-05-1953.
6/28/1986Union Government sanctions maternity leave for unmarried women employees too.
5/3/1947Indian National Trade Union Congress Intak was established.