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Historical Event on 8/15/1921

Amrit Rai, novelist and translater, was born .

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/5/1999The Army releases documents seized from three Pakistani soldiers in the Batalik sector to substantiate its claim that Pakistan regulars are involved in the Kargil conflict.
5/31/1977Major Premchand and Naik Nima Dorji Sherpa, in the team on Indian Army Treckers, reached the peak of Kanchenjunga. They were amongst the first Indians to reach this peak.
9/14/1992Three days of heavy rains cause flooding in northern India and Pakistan claiming 2,500 lives.
1/29/1997Fire engulfs most of the three top floors of the Express Towers, skyrise building owned by Indian Express group in Mumbai.
8/15/1995P.V Narasimha Rao introduces the mid-day meal scheme for the primary school children under the Central Government Welfare Programme.
5/16/1975Sikkim annexed principality and was declared as the 22nd state of Indian Union.
9/11/1991Tax concessions announced.
12/11/1971The elite para-commandos and parachute battalions -India's 'Red Devils', as they are affectionately called, have an unsurpassed ethos and elan of their own. 2 Para Battalion executed a superb airborne assault operation at Tangail in East Pakistan, which was the first of its kind in the subcontinent.
11/15/1621Jahangir captured Kakda Fort.
5/8/1996Poll counting begins.