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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
12/26/1831Hennry Louis Vivian Derozio passed away.
11/17/1915Vishnu Gopal Pingle was hanged for revolting against the Indian Army in Talegaon prison of Pune.
10/31/1991Karsevaks' hoist flags on Masjid in Ayodhya.
10/24/1789Jean C Baud, Governor General of Dutch-Indies (1834-6), was born
7/19/1955Roger Michael Humphery Binny, Indian medium-pace all-rounder early eighties, was born at Bangalore.
8/7/1888Navalram (Navalram Laxmiram Pandya), literature critic and versatile Gujarati author, died.
6/21/1941Chakravorty Rajgopalachari became the First Indian Governor General of India.
6/12/1952J&K Assembly decided to terminate hereditary monarchy.
9/9/1997Pravin Thipsay becomes India's third chess Grand Master.
2/6/1990Ashok Shandilya of Railways wins National billiards crown.