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Historical Event on 8/15/1985
Accord reached on the Assam foreign nationals issue, agitation called off.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 8/21/1879 | Jahangir Bemanji Petit, famous industrialist, was born. |
| 8/14/1862 | Bombay High Court was established for Maharashtra, Goa, Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu territory. This court has benches at Nagpur, Panaji and Aurangabad. |
| 9/30/1908 | Ram Dhari Singh Dinkar, famous Hindi novelist, was born. |
| 3/9/1996 | Chaudhary Randhir Singh appointed Governor of Sikkim. |
| 1/15/1948 | Gandhiji hails Indian Cabinet's decision to release Pakistan dues of Rs. 550 million. Fast continues for establishment of communal peace. |
| 2/15/1924 | Mahinder Singh, social worker, was born at Amritsar. |
| 2/10/1916 | Revolutionary Sohanlal Pathak hanged. |
| 1/31/1983 | The first floating Dry Dock was launched at Howrah. |
| 7/22/1678 | Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj won the fort of Vellore. |
| 8/9/1996 | Unofficial estimates put black money in the country at Rs. 70,000 crore, i.e. 6\% of GDP. |
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