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Historical Event on 8/15/1949

Chandernagore joins the Indian Union. Panchayati Raj inaugurated in 114,000 villages.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/12/1998India will not reverse the nuclear programme, declared Mr. Vajpayee.
3/30/1990Constitution (64th) Amendment Bill to extend President's rule in Punjab collapses in Lok Sabha.
2/4/1993D. C. Kothari, famous scientist and educationalist, passed away.
1/22/1877Tarun Ram Phookun, ''Deshabhakta'', great lawyer, orator, eminent writer and President of the Assam Chhatra Sammelan in 1928, was born in Gauhati, district Kamrup, Assam.
4/12/1799The Church Missionary Society was organized in London under the original name of the Society for Missions in Africa and the East. This Anglican missions agency currently works in fields located in Africa, Ceylon, India, Pakistan, Iran and Palestine.
2/1/1990Governors named for 14 states.
9/24/1859Nana Saheb, alias Dhundu Pant, one of the top leaders of Sepoy Mutiny, passed away in Nepal.
8/5/1992The Supreme Court appoints a 3-member panel to visit Ayodhya and report on the new structures there.
2/24/1867Kedarnath Das, geat physiologist, was born.
12/10/1993The residence of Mahatma Phule was declared a national monument.