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Historical Event on 8/15/1925

Sadashiv Pandurang Jantre, great freedom fighter and social worker, was born .

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/15/1965Television starts in New Delhi.
8/18/1990Pandit Narayan Chaturvedi, senior Hindi litterateur, died.
10/12/2000A Special Court sentences former Prime Minister P.V. Narasimha Rao and his Home Minister Buta Singh to undergo three years rigorous imprisonment and pay a fine of Rs. 2 lakhs each in the 'JMM MPs' bribery case'.
1/16/1948Pakistan charges India with systematic campaign to wipe out Muslims.
10/26/1950Mother Teresa founded Mission of Charity in Calcutta, India.
5/17/1995Three North Eastern States removes restricted area permits (RAP).
9/28/1984First floodlights lit ODI between India and Australia held outside of Australia at New Delhi.
3/21/1995Lok Sabha passes Patent Bill by amending the Patent (Amendment) Act 1970.
5/5/1992Prithvi, India's medium range surface-to-surface missile, successfully launched.
12/11/1845First battle between Britishers and Sikhs. In 1849, Punjab lost its independence. This is referred as the first Anglo-Sikh War.