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Historical Event on 8/15/1997

Freedom fighter's pension to be doubled from the existing Rs. 1,500.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/4/1929N. Hanumantha Rao, cricket test umpire for 9 tests from 1978-84, was born in Karnataka.
4/2/1870Poona Sarvajanik Sabha was found. 95 members from different parts of Maharashtra assembled in Pune during its founding.
10/12/1990Government of India announces a 15\% cut in oil consumption, exempting LPG and kerosene.
8/28/1998India and Pakistan clash at the Security Council after New Delhi denounced the running of terrorist training camps in the Pakistan-occupied Kashmir and Afghanistan.
8/29/1975Adinath Lahiri, leading geologist, passed away.
1/1/1910Rajnath Pandey, great writer and educationist, was born in Pindra, Varanasi (U.P.).
9/29/19641,000 people were killed as a reservoir burst.
6/24/1946Congress party rejects British plan for provisional govt. pending constitution in New Delhi.
8/12/1997Bar Council of India debars full-time law teachers from practising as lawyers.
2/11/1818Britishers captured the 'Ajinkyatara' fort which belonged to the Marathas.