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Historical Event on 8/15/1982

Doordarshan's national programme and the first nationwide colour transmission started by Delhi Doordarshan.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/30/1999The Central Ministerial team led by Mr. Advani is prevented from making an on-the-spot assessment of the havoc wrecked by the super cyclone.
8/10/1992Ram Niwas Mirdha appointed Chairman of the JPC on scam.
12/29/1983Gavaskar makes the highest Test Cricket score by an Indian, 236* vs West Indies.
1/30/1959Uranium Metal Project started producing Uranium at Trombay, Mumbai.
3/24/1990Indian Peace Keeping Force (IPKF) was withdrawn in toto from the northern and eastern provinces of Sri Lanka.
2/8/1967Indira Gandhi was hit in face by a stone while addressing crowd.
10/30/1996CBI chargesheets Rao and six others including Buta Singh and Capt. Satish Sharma in the Rs. 3.5 cr. JMM MPs pay-off case.
3/26/1942Indira Gandhi, third Prime Minister of India, was married to Feroze Gandhi.
4/15/1976India announces it will send an envoy to Peking, first time in 15 years.
2/8/1993India and Spain sign four agreements as the Spanish PM, Felipe Gonzalez, began a two-day visit to New Delhi.