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Historical Event on 8/15/1997
Freedom fighter's pension to be doubled from the existing Rs. 1,500.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 4/10/1997 | Announcement of UP's 70th new district to be re-named after Jyotiba Phule. |
| 4/16/1976 | The govt. announces its new birth-control program to curb population growth. |
| 12/13/1984 | The death toll in a toxic gas leak from an insecticide plant in Bhopal, India, now is estimated at 2,100, and tens of thousands of residents fled the city today after it was announced that the Union Carbide plant would be started up again to neutralize the effect. |
| 4/1/1936 | Orissa state was formed as a province of British India separating from Bihar. |
| 1/10/1693 | Job Charnock, founder of Calcutta, died in the same city and he was laid to rest. |
| 1/5/1952 | John Hope Victor Alexander, Viceroy of India (1936-43), died at the age of 64. |
| 1/27/1970 | Probir Sen, cricketer, 20 catches & 11 stumpings and 14 Tests for India, passed away. |
| 1/27/1970 | 24 merchants gathered in London's Founder Hall under the auspices of Lord Mayor to start a new company with a share captial in India. |
| 5/21/1994 | Sushmita Sen (Miss India), 18, was crowned as the 43rd Miss Universe. |
| 4/5/1990 | Mrs.Sheela Flather, an Indian national, becomes the first Asian to be nominated to the House of Lords. |
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