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Historical Event on 8/15/1993

Five more Doordarshan channels launched.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/12/1975Allahabad court voids Indira Gandhi's election as premier, citing corruption at New Delhi.
4/29/1948Natraj Kamakshi, modern social reformer and journalist, passed away.
1/2/1990Election panel made one member body again; Election Commissioners S. S. Dhanoa and V. S. Seigell removed.
5/20/1992Third developmental launch of ASLV. Stretched Rohini Satellite Series (SROSS-C). Launched by third developmental flight of ASLV-D3. This carried Gamma Ray astronomy and aeronomy payload.
2/15/1920Kanti Mehta, trade unionist, was born at Calcutta.
2/1/1889Judge Bhuvaneshwar Prasad Sinha, Chief Justice and Supreme Court of India, was born.
6/14/1947Congress Working Committee met at New Delhi to draft the resolution to be placed before All India Congress Committee on the acceptance of Mountbatten plan for the partition of India.
1/1/1934Raju V. Vikram, cricket test umpire for 2 tests from 1984-87, was born at Karnataka.
8/13/1943Chintamanrao Deshmukh was first Indian to be appointed Governor of Reserve Bank.
8/13/1943Shrichakradhar Swami, founder of 'Mahanubhav Panth', passed away.