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Historical Event on 8/15/1999
Atal Bihari Vajpayee, Prime Minister, says Agni-2 to be inducted in the defence arsenal.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 1/30/1994 | Kapil Dev equals Richard Hadlee's world record of 431 Test wickets. |
| 7/1/1962 | Dr. Bidhan Chandra Roy, great leader, veteran nationalist, politician, professor, physician and architect, passed away. |
| 9/23/1803 | British-Indian forces defeated the Marathas in the Battle of Assaye. |
| 10/2/1971 | Gandhi Sadan was handed over to the nation. |
| 7/23/1996 | India's admission to Asian Regional Forum was endorsed by Foreign Ministers of the group at Jakarta. |
| 6/13/1999 | The Indian army secures the strategic Tololing peak in the Dras sector. |
| 11/19/1975 | Sushmita Sen, former Miss Universe and film actress, was born. |
| 9/26/1999 | Atal Behari Vajpayee, Prime Minister, dispatched a team of experts to Karnataka and Tamil Nadu to assess the water storage position. |
| 7/25/1992 | R. Venkataraman retired from the post of 8th President. |
| 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. |
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