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Historical Event on 8/15/1950

Indian Constitution goes into effect.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/21/1952The XV Indian Olympic Games in Madras.
4/17/1996Indian Railways bars AIDS patients from using trains.
9/13/1998Dr. Justice Adarsh Sein Anand is appointed Chief Justice of India.
3/12/1992A devastating wave of car-bomb explosions killed an estimated 300 people and injured hundreds more today in the large western Indian port city of Bombay. The first blast ripped through the city's stock exchange building, and minutes later a dozen slightly less powerful explosions rocked the bustling city center.The bomb attacks appeared to have been part of a carefully planned operation.The devices were clearly meant to cause maximum loss of life and damage to property.
3/12/1992Akbar responded with alacrity and arrived at Ahmadabad and made adequate arrangements for its administration.
10/5/1989Meerasahib Fatima Beevi, former High Court judge from Kerala, was named the first woman judge of the Supreme Court.
8/30/1990Parliament unanimously passes the Prasar Bharati Bill.
11/22/1999A.B.Vajpayee, Prime Minister, expands cabinet as four more ministers join the ministry including Arun Shourie.
3/2/1984Mother Teresa University inaugurated by Mother herself at Kodaikanal in Tamil Nadu.
1/18/1942Gandhiji restarts 'Harijan' and allied weeklies.