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Historical Event on 8/15/1925

Sadashiv Pandurang Jantre, great freedom fighter and social worker, was born .

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/10/1999Pranab Mukherjee and Jaipal Reddy are chosen outstanding parliamentarians for 1997 and 1998 respectively.
8/16/1991Indian Airliner Boeing 737 crashes in Manipur's Churachandpur district killing all 69 aboard.
6/6/1986Militant Sikhs in Amritsar call for the murder of Surjit Singh Barnala, Chief Minister of Punjab and J.F. Ribeiro, the Chief of Police.
7/28/1921Congress decided to boycott the visit of Prince of Wales in India.
4/1/1987Bureau of Indian Standards was changed to Indian Standards Institution.
8/1/1986Amnesty scheme for evaders of taxes announced.
1/1/1979This year was announced to be observed as the ""International Year of the Child"".
1/22/1973Swami Ramanand Tirth, politician and educationalist, passed away.
11/27/1994Shyam Vyas, veteran Hindi story writer, passed away.
5/13/1997Doordarshan drops plans to enter the direct-to-home (DTH) mode of television transmission.