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Historical Event on 8/15/1982
Doordarshan's national programme and the first nationwide colour transmission started by Delhi Doordarshan.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 9/17/1899 | First British troops leave Bombay for South Africa. |
| 1/15/1919 | Ahmed Mohammad Mamsa, cricket Test Umpire for 6 tests from 1963-73, was born at Mumbai. |
| 6/22/1898 | The last total Solar Eclipse of 19th century was seen in India. |
| 8/27/1958 | Metric system of weights and measures introduced. |
| 3/5/1922 | Ebrahim Suleman Maka, Indian cricket wicket-keeper (2 Tests vs West Indies1952), was born at Daman. |
| 2/19/1922 | Beant Singh, former Chief Minister of Punjab and politician, was born. He played a vital role in supressing terrorist activities in Punjab. |
| 7/2/1929 | Amritlal Basu, famous Bengali playwright, died. |
| 2/25/1840 | Vinayak Konddev Oak, Marathi litteratewur, was born. |
| 11/20/1917 | J.C. Bose Research Institute was established in Calcutta. |
| 1/5/1990 | Mohammad Azharuddin was made captain of Indian cricket team. |
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