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Historical Event on 8/15/1982
Doordarshan's national programme and the first nationwide colour transmission started by Delhi Doordarshan.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 7/1/1962 | Purushottamdas Tandon, great leader and editor, died at Allahabad. |
| 2/26/1858 | Diwan Maniram and Piali Barua were hanged. (Grandson of Purandara Simha, the last Ahom king of Assam). |
| 12/14/1962 | Bharathi Arun, cricketer (Indian pace bowler late-80's), was born in Vijayawada. |
| 2/2/1989 | France's highest civilian award, 'Legion d' Honour, conferred upon Satyajit Ray by President Mitterrand at Calcutta. |
| 6/13/1927 | Henry C. K. ""Clan"" Petty-Fitzmaurice, Governor of India (1888-94), passed away at the age of 82. |
| 6/16/1992 | P. D. Dhhavle, former editor of daily newspaper `Maharashtra', passed away. |
| 8/18/1969 | Humayun Kabir, great politician, died. |
| 4/17/1926 | Chandrashekhar, eighth Prime Minister of India, was born. |
| 1/7/1987 | Kapil Dev takes his 300th Test wicket. At 28, he was the youngest cricketer to accomplish this feat. |
| 7/16/1992 | Shankar Dayal Sharma is appointed President. |
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