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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
10/1/1990Justice Ranganath Mishra appointed Chief Justice of Supreme Court.
10/1/1990Sultan Mahmud of Ghazni passed away in his capital.
7/1/1927Chandrashekhar, former Prime Minister of India, was born.
12/4/1910Ramaswami Venkataraman, former President of India (1987-92), was born.
12/14/1985Rajiv Gandhi joins the leaders of Greece, Sweden, Tanzania, Mexico and Argentina in a tele-conference as part of the UN ceremony at which they are honoured with the 'Beyond War' award.
1/4/1940Shrikant Sinkar, famous Marathi novelist, was born.
10/31/1997Balmiki Prasad Singh takes over as Union Home Secretary. He succeeds K. Padmanabhaiah.
5/30/1985Earthquake in Srinagar.
3/10/1985India beat Pakistan to win ""World Championship of Cricket"". Ravi Shastri is declared champion of champions and Sunil Gavaskar steps down from the captaincy.
1/26/1965Hindi Language is accepted as National language of India.