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Historical Event on 8/15/1950

Earthquake measuring 8.6 on Richter Scale hits Assam in north eastern India claiming 11,000 lives.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/5/1976Lok Sabha votes to extend its own life by another year.
8/8/1932Dada Kondke, famous Marathi actor, was born.
6/4/1903Gandhiji established the weekly journal ""Indian Opinion"" organised at Phoenix farm near Durban.
2/7/1975Banke Bihar, mystery and religious story writer, passed away.
12/12/1991Violence in Karnataka over the centre's notification on Cauvery.
4/10/1919Miss Mercia Sherwood, an English teacher, was assaulted by a mob in Amritsar. Brig. General. R.E.H. Dyer had given instructions to beat her.
1/19/1990Mr. Jagmohan takes over the administration in J&K as the new Governor after CM Farukh Abdulla resigns.
6/17/1928Pandit Gop Bandhu Das, famous writer, social worker and the creator of Orissa, passed away.
12/24/1984Eigth General Elections of India began .
8/4/1923Nagpur University started working.