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Historical Event on 8/15/1998

Golden jubilee celebrations of the Indian Independence ends.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/29/1952Amalgamation of the Steel Corporation of Bengal with Indian Iron and Steel Company Ltd. to be effective from 1st January 1953 under the latter's name.
4/20/1993Jharkhand Movement suspends its 36-days old economic blockade.
8/3/1997Mahesh Bhupathi and Leander Paes win the doubles title in the Canadian Maurier Super Nine Doubles Open tennis championships held in Montreal.
7/15/1902Judge K. Subba Rao, Chief Justice of Supreme Court of India, was born.
2/1/1972International Airports Authority of India established.
4/1/1996Kerala introduces ban on arrack. 5614 licenced arrack shops closed down.
12/16/1999Michael Johnson's 400m world record (43.18s) set up in the Seville World championship was ratified by IAAF. Other records also ratified were Kenyan Noah Ngeny's 1000m mark (2 11.96, Reiti, Italy) and Moroccan Hicham el Guerrouj's 2000m (4 44.79, Berlin).
4/21/1659Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj meet Saint Samarth Ramdas Swami.
11/23/1897Nirad Chandra Chaudhuri, writer, was born.
12/15/1675Guru Tegh Bahadur was beheaded in Delhi by Aurangzeb for his refusal to embrace him.