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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 |
| 4/12/1917 | Mulvantrai Himatlal Mankad better known as ""Vinoo Mankad"", cricketer (India's greatest all-rounder to his time), was born at Jamnagar. |
| 6/15/1659 | Aurangzeb declared as the Emperor at Delhi. |
| 3/6/1962 | Ambika Chakrovorty, great revolutionary and warrior, passed away. |
| 7/20/1993 | British parliament ratifies the Indo-British extradition treaty. |
| 2/27/1990 | Polls in Pondicherry and eight states. |
| 9/15/1993 | Election Commission announces polls in the former BJP-ruled states of UP, MP, HP, Rajasthan and in Delhi and Mizoram. |
| 9/27/1908 | Shiv Verma, great soldier, was born. |
| 2/6/1827 | Shyam Shastri, musician and a great artist of India, passed away at the age of 65 years. |
| 8/15/1947 | Indian Independence Day. |
| 8/8/1955 | Dr. Homi J. Bhabha elected chairman of the international conference on the Peaceful Uses of Atomic Energy. |
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