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Historical Event on 8/15/1950

Indian Constitution goes into effect.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/25/1997Seven Pakistani infiltrators are killed in an encounter with BSF in Ranbir Singh Pora.
3/7/1956A gigantic steel tube plant opened in Jamshedpur. It was the first of its kind in India.
1/5/1994Jnanpith Award for Oriya Poet Sitakant Mahapatra.
10/15/1946Muslim League decides to participate in the Interim Government.
12/4/1982Asian Games at Delhi concluded.
9/20/1989IPKF suspends its operations against LTTE in Sri Lanka. LTTE, in turn, ceases all operations against the Indian armed forces.
7/26/1994Government rejects JPC report on securities scandal.
5/11/1919Troops under General Barrett inflicted a sharp reverse today on the invading Afghans at Bagh Springs. The whole of the frontier area was up in arms with tribesmen threatening Landi Khotal and martial law being proclaimed in Peshawar. It was expected however that General Barrett, well equipped with guns and airplanes, would soon control the situation. Reports had been reaching London for some time about the possibility of an Afghan incursion following the murder of the pro-British Emir Habibullah. His third son, Amanullah Khan, who took over the throne, was known to be hostile toward the government of India.
4/5/1990Lok Sabha passes the Punjab Bill.
11/9/1977Keshavrao Bhole, great music director, passed away.