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Historical Event on 8/15/1997
Freedom fighter's pension to be doubled from the existing Rs. 1,500.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 8/4/1906 | Dr. Yashwant Singh Parmar, the architect of modern Himachal Pradesh and an energetic Chief Minister, was born at Chanhalag village in Sirmaur. |
| 1/20/1879 | Raghunath Chaudhary, famous Assamia nature poet, was born. |
| 7/1/1879 | Post Card of one paisa was started in India by the Post and Telegraph Department. |
| 5/21/1935 | Quetta earthquake takes a heavy toll of life. |
| 11/15/1995 | Qiao Shi, Chairman of the standing committee of the Chinese National Peoples' Congress, arrives in New Delhi to advance Sino-Indian relations. |
| 4/25/1998 | The Government announces a new salary structure for university and college teachers, consequent to the implementation of the Fifth Pay Commission recommendations. |
| 9/15/1940 | Anil Yashwant Tipnis, Air Chief Marshal, was born. |
| 1/26/1981 | Vayudoot air service started with a flight of a F27, from Guwahati airport. This is the third Indian airline inaugurated. |
| 6/1/1964 | Nava Paisa, established in 1947, was renamed as 'Paisa'. |
| 12/22/2000 | Three Army jawans die in an attack by a suicide squad of Lakshar-e-Taiba at the Red Fort in Delhi leading to a 45-minute gun-battle. |
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