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Historical Event on 7/15/1955

Bharat Ratna, India's highest award, was announced to be given to Prime Minister Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru (1889-1964) by the President of India, Dr. Rajendra Prasad.

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11/7/1908N. R. Shede (Annasaheb), litterateur and editor, was born.
12/12/1992Government asks CBI to probe the demolition of the masjid in Ayodhya.
1/19/1977World's largest crowd--12.7 million--gather for Indian religious festival 'Kumbh Mela'.
8/15/1947The Defence department becomes the Ministry of Defence under a Cabinet Minister. Each service was placed under its own Commander-in-Chief. Under the Constitution, the supreme command of the Armed Forces was vested with the President.
10/20/19916.1-7.1 earthquake in uttar Kashi and three northern districts of UP in the Himalayan foothills kills more than 1,600 people.
7/22/1978Indira Gandhi charged with criminal misconduct during 1977 campaign.
4/17/1996Sheila Kaul, H.P. Governor, indicted in house allotment scandal, should be removed from her post, says Supreme Court.
3/2/1913Bhavaniprasad Mishra was born.