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Historical Event on 11/15/1992

At least 170 people die in heavy rains and floods in Tamil Nadu and Kerala.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/9/1992Rajesh Khanna (Congress-I) defeats Shatrughan Sinha to wrest the New Delhi Lok Sabha seat from the BJP.
12/5/1998Jaswant Singh and Pramod Mahajan take over as the new Foreign Minister and Minister for Information and Broadcasting. Jagmohan takes over as Minister for Communications.
11/7/1933Gaandhiji commences Harijan-upliftment tour.
4/25/1982India's first telecast colour broadcasting started on Dordarshan.
6/19/1979Morarji Desai resigns after split in Janata Party.
7/3/1897Hansa Mehta, educationist and social reformer, was born at Surat (Gujarat).
5/29/1965Indian Everest team sets a world record by climbing the Everest for the fourth time.
6/18/1992Congress (I) chooses Dr. Shankar Dayal Sharma as Presidential candidate.
8/15/1947On the the stroke of mid-night on 14th August 1947, India became independent and was partitioned. Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru became the first prime minister and Dr. Rajendra Prasad became the first president of free India. The mixed economy policy was taken on a five-year plan basis for economic development. On 26th January 1950, India became a democratic and is the biggest democracy of the world today. In 1956, on the basis of languages, India was divided into 14 states and 6 union territories. Today, there are 27 states and 7 union territories.
12/31/1910Mallikarjun Bhimramaiya Mansoor, famous singer of ""Jaipur Gharana"", was born.