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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
7/6/1927Prabhjot Kaur, great poet and author, was born at Langrayal (Pakistan).
11/2/1956Express Train plunged down the Marudaiyar river embarkment killng 143 persons.
11/1/1949Thomason Collage at Roorkee, Uttar Pradesh, was raised to the status of an Engineering University - the first of its kind in India.
7/5/1970Indian ship capsized in Krishna River in eastern India claiming 150 lives.
2/16/1997Tribal militants kill 21 persons in Tripura.
4/5/1991Kerala Assembly dissolved paving way for elections.
7/22/1959Ananth Kumar was born in Banglore. He is a Minister in Vajpayee's Government.
9/3/1992Delhi High Court verdict on Bofors challenged in the Supreme Court.
2/23/19905-member Ministry headed by R. K. Ranbir Singh in Manipur elected.
9/11/1993Former Andhra CM Rama Rao, 71, weds 44-year-old college lecturer Lakshmi Sivaparvathi.