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Historical Event on 8/15/2000

Atal Bihari Vajpayee, Prime Minister, says in his Independence Day address, ""Borders cannot be redrawn either in the name of religion or on the strength of the sword"".

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/14/1952Three integrated Railway Zones, Northern, North Eastern and Eastern inaugurated.
5/22/1940Erapalli Anantrao Srinivasarao Prasanna, cricketer (one of India's big four spinners, Right-arm Off-break Bowler), was born at Bangalore. He is also the receipent of Arjun Award (1968) and Padmashree (1970).
3/3/1707Shehejade Muajjam declared himself as the successor of Aurangzeb and renamed himself Bahadurshah First.
12/5/1931Gandhiji leaves England for India.
3/24/1990Indian Peace Keeping Force (IPKF) was withdrawn in toto from the northern and eastern provinces of Sri Lanka.
1/1/1973Indian General Insurance Corporation nationalised.
1/8/1993Dr. P.C. Alexander appointed Governor of Maharashtra.
10/9/2000A special court convicts former Tamil Nadu chief minister Jayalalitha and her associate Sasikala and sentences them to undergo three years imprisonment and two years rigorous imprisonment in two 'Tansi land deal' cases.
4/1/1976Television was separated from radio, and Doordarshan Corporation was established.
1/17/1992Shankar Ramchandra (Mamrao Date), veteran journalist, passed away.