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Historical Event on 8/15/1979

Tukoji Holkar, a leader of Peshwa kingdom, dies.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/12/1996India and Bangladesh arrive at a settlement to share Ganga water.
7/21/1962Passenger Train and Freight Train collided near Dumraon killing 69 persons.
4/2/1954Nehru calls for a halt to the build up of nuclear weapons.
7/9/1938Sanjeev Kumar, famous Hindi film actor, was born.
3/17/1994Wali Mohammad Itto, former Speaker of J&K Assembly shot dead by militants.
1/15/1958Tamil becomes the official language of Madras.
1/31/1985Under the 52nd Constitutional Amendment, Anti-Defector Bill was passed unanimously in Lok Sabha. This avoided the Representatives of People to switch over political parties.
1/1/1986This year was announced to be observed as the ""International Peace Year"".
2/1/1889Judge Bhuvaneshwar Prasad Sinha, Chief Justice and Supreme Court of India, was born.
9/20/1932Gandhiji commences ""fast unto death"" (hunger strike) in Poona prison to secure abolition of separate electorates for Harijans and untouchables.