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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 |
| 9/16/1996 | J & K second phase poll for 34 seats. |
| 10/10/1990 | Following political uncertainties in the wake of Veerendra Patil's decision to stay on in defiance of Congress Party's decision, President's rule was imposed in Karnataka. |
| 1/3/1945 | No. 8 Squadron becomes the first to convert onto the Spitfire VIII during the previous month and commencing operations on 3 January 1945 in the Kangaw area. |
| 11/13/1922 | Mahadev Sadashivrao Ande, freedom fighter and political leader, was born. |
| 2/18/2000 | Pandit Ravi Shankar is selected for this year's Subbarami Reddy Kalapeetham Foundation Award, a life-time achievement award, for his contribution to Indian music. |
| 2/15/1967 | Fourth General Election of Lok Sabha begins. |
| 7/4/1997 | Centre frees from its control nine top public sector undertakings, accounting for over Rs. 10,000 crore profits annually, to become global giants by providing them full financial and operational autonomy. This included newsprint and paper from licensing controls. |
| 4/30/1981 | C. R. Krishnaswamy Rao was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 08-02-1985. |
| 10/13/1991 | Captain Satish Sharma nominated to contest from Amethi. |
| 8/13/1963 | Sisir Kumar Mitra, Physics scientist, died at the age of 73. |
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