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Historical Event on 8/15/1990

GOI declares Prophet Mohammed's birthday a national holiday.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/21/1995A.K. Antony elected CM of Kerala.
3/14/1910Dalai Lama makes a rare state visit to the Viceroy of Calcutta.
8/15/1947At the stroke of midnight, India is free after 163 years of British Raj. At the same time Muslims win a degree of freedom from Hindus. They have their own separate dominion Pakistan in the British Commonwealth Sect.
1/5/1994Jnanpith Award for Oriya Poet Sitakant Mahapatra.
11/7/1936Chandrakant Devtale, famous Hindi poet, was born.
11/7/1936Saint Gyaneshwar passed away. (Samadhee).
8/28/1976Second World Hindi Conference held in Mauritius.
10/17/1920Bhartiya Communist Party was formed at Tashkent with seven members including M.N. Roy, Birendra Chattopadhyay and Abani Mukherji.
8/23/1995First ever cellular phone service begins in Calcutta.
5/28/1972Edward VIII, King of Great Britain/N Ireland/emperor (India 1936), passed away at the age of 77.