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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
10/6/1963Baba Kharak Singh, freedom fighter and grand old man of Punjab, died.
7/13/1660Baji Prabhu Deshpande, one of the warriors in Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj's kingdom, died.
4/29/2000The Army institutes a high-level court of inquiry under Maj. Gen. C.B. Suku to look into the causes of the arms depot conflagration.
1/22/1996Janata Dal parliamentary party leader Sharad Yadav resigns from Lok Sabha membership (Jain hawala case).
5/1/199560 killed as Madras-Kanyakumari Express collides with a goods train at Danishpet.
5/14/1999Gurucharan Singh Tohra is expelled from Shiromani Akali Dal.
6/15/1991General Election (10th) of India ends. In this election Indian National Congress won.
7/1/1997Voluntary Disclosure of Income Scheme `97 (VDIS) comes into effect.
5/8/1996The governing Congress party is routed in Indian elections that have left no party with a clear mandate to govern.
1/14/1980Indira Gandhi was sworn in as the Prime Minister of India. She held the office till she was assassinated on October 31, 1984.