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Historical Event on 8/15/1979
Tukoji Holkar, a leader of Peshwa kingdom, dies.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 5/13/1998 | India carries out two more nuclear tests at Pokharan in Rajasthan. |
| 9/29/1964 | 1,000 people were killed as a reservoir burst. |
| 5/19/1904 | Jamshedji Nasarvanji Tata, famous industrialist and father of modern technology, passed away at Nauheim, Hesse-Nassau, France. He commenced cotton mills in Bombay and Nagpur and founded the Tata Iron and Steel Company, which is one of the largest integrated steel mills in the world. |
| 2/6/1998 | V. V. S. Laxman scores 301* for Hyderabad against Bihar. |
| 12/5/1933 | Balendu Shantilal Jain, famous hindi writer, was born at Kunchord, M.P. |
| 10/6/1999 | The DMK front is set to win a majority of LS seats in Tamil Nadu. |
| 1/29/1994 | Air India and Indian Airlines converted into companies. |
| 6/11/1901 | Pramathanath Bishi, professor and Hindi writer, was born. |
| 8/17/1997 | Leander-Mahesh duo wins International ATP doubles in Connecticut. |
| 5/11/1888 | Asaf Ali, lawyer, nationalist, writer and connoisseur of music and arts, was born. |
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