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Historical Event on 8/15/1950

Earthquake measuring 8.6 on Richter Scale hits Assam in north eastern India claiming 11,000 lives.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/16/1997General Manager of Tata Tea remanded to judicial custody on charges of abetting and aiding ULFA.
11/15/2000Congress(I) gives a thumping mandate to Sonia Gandhi.
7/10/1991Shivraj Patil of Congress elected Speaker of 10th Lok Sabha.
12/5/1935Bipinchandra Joshi, chief of Indian Army general, was born.
10/28/1999Insurance Bill is introduced amid protest in the Lok Sabha.
12/8/1985The first summit was held at Dhaka. (7 0r 8).
3/21/1957India's national calender came into force.
1/17/1601Akbar, after eight month's siege, entered Asirgarh one of the strongest forts in India.
11/13/1962Yezdani Gulam, great researcher, archeologist and art critic, died
11/10/1968Tukdoji Maharaj, modern social reformer, saint and poet, died in his ashram at Mozri in district Amravati.