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Historical Event on 8/15/1965
Television starts in New Delhi.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 1/20/1997 | The third Test between India and South Africa ends in a draw in Johannesburg. |
| 8/17/1944 | Indian Viceroy Viscount Wavell rejects Gandhi's request to discuss war support in return for Indian independence. |
| 5/27/1919 | Kandukuri Veeresalingam, father of modern Telgu language, author and social reformer, passed away. |
| 9/6/1961 | D. N. Kohli was appointed as the Narcotics Commissioner of India. He headed this office till 28-05-1966. |
| 12/5/1951 | Abanindranath Tagore, a great Modern Indian Painter, passed away. |
| 1/20/1957 | South Africa banned Indian Cargo ships to dock at their Ports. |
| 4/12/1621 | Guru Teg Bahadur Singh, Sikh Guru, was born. |
| 8/12/1966 | Mihir Sen swam Dadenelis. |
| 6/17/1950 | Syed Wazir Ali, cricketer (7 Tests for India), passed away. |
| 12/31/1706 | Francois Martin, founder of Pondicherry and was its first Governor General, died. He founded Pondicherry, the future capital of French India in 1674. |
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