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Historical Event on 8/15/2000
Atal Bihari Vajpayee, Prime Minister, says in his Independence Day address, ""Borders cannot be redrawn either in the name of religion or on the strength of the sword"".
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 5/29/1915 | Sita Ram Surajmal Jajoo, social reformer and politician, was born at Neemuch Cantt, M.P. |
| 4/15/1919 | Arjan Singh, Air Chief Marshal and Padma Vibhushan, DFC, was born in Lyalpur. |
| 5/17/1974 | Durgadas, famous Indian journalist, passed away. |
| 2/16/1994 | Military Museum established at Ahmadnagar. |
| 12/30/1929 | The first inland Indian air mail left New Delhi this morning for Jodhpur, Hyderabad, and Karachi to connect at Karachi with the air service to London. |
| 2/18/1918 | Gopal Krishna Adig, modern Kannad poet, was born. |
| 1/24/1958 | First international Film Festival started in Mumbai. |
| 8/20/1995 | India and China decide to withdraw four army battalions from Chu Sumdurong valley near the Line of Actual Control. |
| 5/7/1973 | Shivkumar Batalvi, famous Punjabi poet, died. |
| 6/12/1975 | Drugaprasad Dhar, former deputy president of Planning Commission, died. |
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