Minneapolis, St. Paul, Rocheter, Duluth, Bloomington Indian Community - MinneapolisIndian.com
| | | | | | | | | | | |
 


 

Historical Event on 8/15/1997

Freedom fighter's pension to be doubled from the existing Rs. 1,500.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/25/1959Jawaharlal Nehru, Prime Minister, declares in New Delhi that India will defend Bhutan and Sikkim if attacked by China.
6/23/1958Tamil leaders in Madras call on Nehru to lobby for better treatment of Ceylon's Tamil minority.
9/21/1948Formation of Press Trust of India (PTI) announced under an agreement signed between Reuters and Indian and Eastern Newspapers Society.
5/20/1987G. G. Jadhav `Pudhari', editor of daily newspaper, passed away.
2/9/1951The first census of free India of enumeration work was started.
7/21/1994The Supreme Court declares that SC/ST will lose status on migration to other states.
7/25/1988Sikh extremists kill the chief priest of the Golden Temple in Amritsar.
8/8/1911Following the end of a heavy monsoon, parts of India were hit by a cholera epidemic.
8/16/1997Krishan Kant, Andhra Pradesh's Governor, elected as the Vice President of India.
8/11/1993Brahmaprakash Chaudhary, first Chief Minister of Delhi and former central minister, died.