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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
8/13/1943Chintamanrao Deshmukh was first Indian to be appointed Governor of Reserve Bank.
5/2/1998The Indian Army at Bandipura market captured 10.5 Kg Charas.
7/28/1921Congress decided to boycott the visit of Prince of Wales in India.
1/17/1989Colonel J. K. Bajaj was the first Indian to reach the geographic South Pole.
11/24/1999India finish with 10 gold, eight silver and seven bronze medals in the Commonwealth shooting championship which ended in Auckland.
1/8/1906Howrah Railway Station, Calcutta, was inaugurated.
12/14/1955Henry Heras, famous artist and an active member of the Indian Historical Records Commission, died in Bombay.
3/9/1836Navalram Lakshmiram Pandya, famous writer and Gujrati critic , was born.
7/23/1997India decides to sign U.N. Convention against torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment.
8/25/1997Forest outlaw Veerappan seeks more time to decide on his surrender as per the terms of Tamil Nadu and Karnataka government.