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Historical Event on 8/15/1990
India successfully test fires 'Akash', an advanced medium range surface to air missile.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 8/11/1922 | Manmohan Krishna, famous actor, was born. |
| 8/11/1922 | Taimurlang passed away. |
| 5/24/1991 | The body of Rajiv Gandhi, India's assassinated former premier and son of the late Indira Gandhi, was cremated in New Delhi today. He was killed by a suicide bomber in the southern state of Tamil Nadu three days ago. Police suspect that Tamil rebels, fighting for independence in Sri Lanka, carried out the murder. Gandhi's death signaled the end of the Nehru dynasty's rule over India. His two children were too young to assume the leadership of this turbulent nation. There was pressure for Sonia Gandhi to succeed her husband, but she was Italian-born and refused. |
| 12/10/1989 | Janardan Swami passed away. |
| 12/10/1989 | Akbar himself left Agra. |
| 2/15/1998 | Tennis duo Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupati were ranked No. 2 when they won Dubai Open. |
| 3/5/1948 | C. Rajagopalachari appointed the first Indian Governor General to succeed Lord Mountbatten on 21 June. |
| 10/12/1921 | Jayant Shridhar Tilak, great journalist, was born at Poona. |
| 5/20/1994 | Indian ship rescues over 2000 Indian nationals trapped in the embattled Yemen's port city of Aden. |
| 8/10/1995 | Harishankar Parsai, famous Hindi litterateur, passed away. |
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