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Historical Event on 7/15/1955

Bharat Ratna, India's highest award, was announced to be given to Prime Minister Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru (1889-1964) by the President of India, Dr. Rajendra Prasad.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/25/1951First General Election of India begins.
3/2/1913Bhavaniprasad Mishra was born.
6/1/1972Space Commission and Department of Space was set up. Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) brought under Department of Space (DOS).
5/27/1997Sri Lanka claims Independence Cup, winning the second match in the best-of-three finals in Calcutta.
9/15/1992Price of petrol, diesel and cooking gas hiked.
8/3/1998India's most sophisticated medium range surface-to-air missile ''Akash'' was test-fired from the interim test range at Chandipur-on-sea.
4/10/1982Mahatma Gandhi Road Bridge at Patna started by Indira Gandhi.
11/22/1988Baba Amte wins U.N. Human Rights Award.
2/3/1916Banaras Hindu University was opened under the guidance of Madan Mohan Malaviya.
3/2/1994President's rule in J & K extended.