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Historical Event on 7/15/1948

Establishment of 'PEPS' (Patiyala and East Punjab States Union).

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/7/1907Rajbali Pandey, famous poet, was born.
5/27/1957Copyright Act was passed.
1/18/1936Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936), famous English writer and author, died in Burwash, England at 70. He was a young journalist in British India. He wrote in verses, stories, novels childen's stories some of these were ""The Jungle Book, Kim and Just-50 stories"" and was honoured with the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1907 for 'Kim' (Indian based story).
6/20/1921Tilak University was established.
1/28/1961Foundation-stone of the first factory of H.M.T. wrist watches laid in Bangalore.
6/17/1993K. D. Dharmadhikari (Nana), veteran freedom fighter, died.
9/12/1931Triloki Nath Madan, educationist and journalist, was born at Srinagar, Kashmir.
1/1/1897Girja Dayal Girish, great poet and writer, was born at Saraiyan Mahipat Singh, U.P.
2/2/1982Mohanlal Purushottamdas Sukhadia, Chief Minister of Rajasthan, freedom fighter, passed away. He was the Chief Minister of Rajasthan from 1954-1971. He introduced Panchayati Raj in Rajasthan and worked for its industrialisation also.
6/24/1989A majority of opposition members in the Lok Sabha resign on the issue of CAG report on the Bofors gun deal.