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Historical Event on 8/15/1995
P.V Narasimha Rao introduces the mid-day meal scheme for the primary school children under the Central Government Welfare Programme.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 8/20/1995 | 305 killed and 345 injured in collision between Purushottam Express and Kalindi Express at Murlinagar near Firozabad (UP). |
| 11/21/1962 | India and China declared a truce from the war in which India was badly beaten. Because of winter in China, they halted their advance into India. |
| 2/10/1949 | Pune University' established. |
| 3/12/1944 | No. 7 Squadron, which had flown its Vengeances on some missions against dissident tribesmen in North Waziristan, started operations in the Arakan from an airstrip at Uderbund near Kumbigram. |
| 5/7/1990 | Foundation stones are laid in Ayodhya for a new temple at the birthplace of Lord Rama as Hindu nationalism rises. Government disallows the Shilanyas. |
| 12/14/1968 | Chaggan Baba (Chagganlal Karamshi Parekh), great social worker and founder of Mahila Griha Udyog and Lijjat Papad, died. |
| 3/3/1939 | Motganhalli Laxmanarsu Jaisi alais Jaisimha, cricketer (Indian batsman of the sixties), was born in Secundrabad. |
| 10/16/1936 | 35 killed in Hindu-Muslim riots at Bombay. |
| 9/21/1898 | Tushar Kanti Ghosh, famous journalist, was born. |
| 10/19/1929 | Balbir Singh, India field hockey player (Olympic gold 1948-56), was born. |
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