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Historical Event on 8/15/1993

Five more Doordarshan channels launched.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/13/1992Security scam: assets of three SBI officials attached.
9/25/1922Shri Nath Pai, freedom fighter, Barrister and Member of Parliament, was born in Konkan region of Maharashtra.
6/3/1997Four women ministers (Renuka Choudhry, Kamala Sinha, Ratnamala Savanur & Jayanti Natarajan) join I K Gujral cabinet.
1/1/1989Dinkar Sakrikar, editor of monthly magzine 'Purva' and socialist, passed away.
2/1/1922Gandhiji gives notice to the Viceroy Lord Reading during Bardoli movement to inform him that he was intensifying his action and non-cooperation was to be escalated to Civil Disobedience.
1/17/1923Rangey Raghav, famous hindi writer, was born.
8/1/1927Dr. Rahi Masoom Raza, famous Hindi litterateur, was born.
2/27/1993Rupee made fully convertible in Man Mohan Singh's third successive budget.
6/2/1990Sri Ram Sharma Acharya passed away. (27-6-91).
1/31/1995ISRO and Intelsat sign a $100 m 10-year-long agreement for leasing some of the capacity of the Indian-built INSAT-2E (scheduled for launch in 1997).