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Historical Event on 8/15/2000

Atal Bihari Vajpayee, Prime Minister, says in his Independence Day address, ""Borders cannot be redrawn either in the name of religion or on the strength of the sword"".

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/25/1982Dr. Neelam Sanjiva Reddy (1913-1996) retired from the post of sixth President.
1/12/1757Captain Eyre Coote from the Portuguese was captured in Bandel.
8/21/1991Gopinath Mahant, famous Odissi litterateur and Gyanpeeth awardee, died.
5/14/1993Bombay High Court upholds Goa C.M. Ravi Naik's disqualification by speaker under anti-defection bill.
7/23/1993Indian National Satellite (INSAT-2B), second satellite in the INSAT-2 series, was launched. This is more operational multi-purpose communication and enhanced meteorology satellite. It is still in service. It was aunched by European Ariane launch vehicle.
5/18/1995Sukhomoy Sengupta, 76, Tripura's first CM, passed away.
3/28/1997Final phase of repatriation of Chakma and other tribal refugees of the Chittagong Hill Tracts from Tripura begins.
2/25/1869Anand Shankar Bapubhai Dhruv, Sanskrit Pandit and editor of monthly magzine 'Vasant' , was born.
3/18/1953Backward Classes Commission inaugurated.
4/28/1952The war between Japan and India ended.