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Historical Event on 4/15/1948

Indian territory of Himachal Pradesh was created by the merger of some 30 small ruling states.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/19/1990S. R. Bommai unanimously elected President of JD.
12/3/1889Khudiram Bose, famous revolutionary and freedom fighter of Muzaffarpur Bomb Case, was born at Habibpur village, West Bengal.
10/17/1990S. Bangarappa sworn in as CM of Karnataka following revocation of President's rule.
1/5/1988India's first indigenously built 'Braille' script released short hand machine for the blind.
12/9/1977Ravishankar Mahashankar Rawal, famous painter, passed away.
2/16/1933Surya Sen Masterda, revolutionary freedom fighter, who attacked the Armoury of Chittagong with 62 men of the Indian Republican Army and was underground on Jalalabad Hills, was arrested.
4/28/1986Malayalam film `Chidambaram' directed by G. Aravindan wins best feature film award and Shyam Benegal bags the Best Director award for the Hindi film 'Trikal'.
8/1/1952Nationalised Airways at Safdarjung, New Delhi inaugurated by Nehru.
9/21/1948Formation of Press Trust of India (PTI) announced under an agreement signed between Reuters and Indian and Eastern Newspapers Society.
7/20/1998Mr. Jaswant Singh, Prime Minister's special envoy, and U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Strobe Talbott discuss nuclear non-proliferation and security-related issues in New Delhi.