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Historical Event on 8/15/1982

Doordarshan's national programme and the first nationwide colour transmission started by Delhi Doordarshan.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/20/1993Harshad Mehta's senior counsel Ram Jethmalani asks JPC to summon the PM and allow cross-examination.
6/5/1989Missile `Trishul' tested successfully.
3/25/1609Henry Hudson embarks on an exploration for Dutch East India Co. at Pulicat.
10/11/1999Congress (I) Ministry under the leadership of Mukut Mithi is sworn-in in Arunachal Pradesh.
3/20/1998Rajesh Kumar Singh, CPI(ML) leader, is shot at Pandeypur village in Patna.
10/10/1970Union Government ruled out judicial probe into the death of the late PM Lal Bahadur Shastri.
6/16/1998Sheikh Hasina, Bangladesh Prime Minister, meets her Indian couterpart A B Vajpayee in New Delhi.
8/4/1933Gandhi is imprisoned for one year for breaking a restraint order.
5/20/1776Malharrao Holkar, founder of Indoor, passed away.
8/22/1933Inhabitants of Partabgarh face starvation as Opium was now outlawed. They had been living from the sale of opium for the past 800 years.