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Historical Event on 8/15/1947

Paramveer Chakra, Mahaveer Chakra, Veer Chakra instituted as 'Awards for Gallantry'.

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1/3/1880Publication of 'Illustrated Weekly of India' started.
12/3/1993Bahadur Prasad wins silver in 1500 m in Asian Track and Field meet in Manila.
9/29/1914Japanese vessel 'Kamagata Maru' reached Baj Baj near Calcutta from Vancouver carrying Indian revolutionaries.
6/4/1972First Environment Day.
4/8/1774Narayan Rao's posthumous son, Madhav Rao, was seen as a challenge to Raghunath Rao only when he was 10 days old.
6/29/1966Damodar Dharmanand Kosambi, famous mathematics expert, died.
3/2/1994President's rule in J & K extended.
11/17/1991Sharad Pawar wins in Baramati.
6/23/1757The Battle of Plassey started between Robert Clive, incharge of British army, and Nawab of Bengal, Siraj -Ud -Daula. In this battle Robert Clive won control of Bengal.
12/12/1992The world's largest monolithic granite statue of Lord Buddha, weighing 350 tonnes, placed on the 'Rock of Gibraltar' in the midst of Hussain Sagar lake in Hyderabad.