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Historical Event on 8/15/2000

Atal Bihari Vajpayee, Prime Minister, says in his Independence Day address, ""Borders cannot be redrawn either in the name of religion or on the strength of the sword"".

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/31/1958First Earth Satellite Explorer I was launched from Cape Kennedy.
8/16/2000Rangarajan Kumaramangalam, Union Power Minister, goes into a coma after multiple organ failure.
12/10/1978Mother Teresa is awarded the Nobel Peace prize.
2/7/198161 die in circus fire in Bangalore.
7/24/1994Bodo kills 37 moslems in Bashbari, North Eastern India.
6/7/1997At least 37 persons were feared killed in a fire in ''yagyashala'' at Thanjavur Big Temple.
8/15/1947Hindu-Muslim association in Calcutta.
2/2/2000The Government decides to appoint former Chief Justice of India M.N. Venkatachaliah as the Chairman of the National Commission to review the Constitution.
4/22/1915Hem Barua, famous Assami and English litterateur, was born.
2/9/1992Publication of daily newspaper `Lokpatra' started from Nanded.