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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 |
| 2/26/1966 | 34 national leaders charge Indira Gandhi's rule is 'constitutional dictatorship'. |
| 3/10/1873 | Maulana Shaukat Ali, freedom fighter, nationalist and Muslim politician, was born. |
| 7/23/1993 | Indian National Satellite (INSAT-2B), second satellite in the INSAT-2 series, was launched. This is more operational multi-purpose communication and enhanced meteorology satellite. It is still in service. It was aunched by European Ariane launch vehicle. |
| 10/27/1907 | Brahma Bandhav Upadhyay died. |
| 8/9/1997 | Sonia Gandhi addresses Congress plenary session at Calcutta. |
| 10/21/1997 | RBI de-regulates deposit rates, reduces CRR and Bank Rate (from 10\% to 9) and allows banks to have two sets of Prime Lending Rates. |
| 2/9/1992 | Pakistan bans JKLF march. |
| 1/2/1994 | Landslide win for GNLF in the Darjeeling Gorkha Hill Council elections. |
| 11/21/1991 | An Inter Governmental Coference on Youth Tourism, held for first time, was hosted by the Government of India under the aegis of the World Tourism Organisation. (18-11-91). |
| 1/26/1957 | Ashok Omprakash Malhotra, cricketer (Indian batsman in 7 Tests 1982-84), was born in Amritsar. |
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