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Historical Event on 8/15/1972
Postal Index Number (PIN Code) of 6-digits was introduced.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 9/25/1985 | Akali Dal wins Punjab state elections. |
| 1/21/1969 | First India built electronic digital computer commissioned. |
| 11/8/1977 | Bommi Narsing Reddy, famous film story writer and Dadasaheb Phalke awardee, passed away. |
| 7/3/1975 | Virendrakishor Roy Chaudhary, famous music director, passed away. |
| 11/3/1998 | The first geo-scientific data centre of the country is inaugurated at the Geological Survey of India. |
| 12/3/1971 | Pakistan took the initiative of striking the airfields both in the East and the West. While the IAF carried out retaliatory air strikes in the West and shot the Pakistan Air Force (PAP) out of the skies. |
| 6/19/1997 | Indian flag cargo ship, M. V. Arcadia Pride, sinks in inclement weather, seven nautical miles off Colaba, Mumbai, leaving four sailors dead and 20 missing. In the rescue and search operation by the Indian Navy, nine persons were rescued. |
| 12/8/1999 | Furore in the Lok Sabha over RJD President Laloo Prasad Yadav's daughter topping the MBBS exam. |
| 11/25/1962 | Dasganu (Ganesh Dattatreya Sahastrabuddhe), modern Marathi saint and poet, passed away. |
| 4/30/1863 | Naval Force East India Comapny was merged with the British Naval Fleet. |
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