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Historical Event on 8/15/1947

Paramveer Chakra, Mahaveer Chakra, Veer Chakra instituted as 'Awards for Gallantry'.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/29/1993National Human Rights Commission set up.
12/7/1999Nareshwar Dayal is appointed India's High Commissioner to UK.
8/30/1903Bhagwati Charan Varma was born.
6/10/1997Three Indians - Kumaramangalam Birla, Ratan Tata and Dhirubhai Ambani - figure in the list of Asia's top 100 super rich.
5/26/2000Prabhakar G. Surur (93) died in Mumbai.
10/15/1961Suryakant Tripathi 'Nirala', famous Hindi poet, writer, editor, social worker and litterateur, died in Allahabad.
9/1/1998Leaded petrol is banned in Delhi.
12/5/1998Jaswant Singh and Pramod Mahajan take over as the new Foreign Minister and Minister for Information and Broadcasting. Jagmohan takes over as Minister for Communications.
6/21/1997Sethi claims sixth National billiards crown in Bangalore.
5/28/1964A slow-moving funeral cortege containing the body of Jawaharlal Nehru inched through the streets of New Delhi today. A million and a half Indians lined the route to pay final respects to their beloved leader.