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Historical Event on 7/15/1948
Establishment of 'PEPS' (Patiyala and East Punjab States Union).
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| 6/20/1985 | The Medal of Freedom, America's highest civilian decoration, was presented to Mother Teresa by President Ronald Reagan. |
| 7/30/1997 | Madras High Court restrains, by an interim injunction, the foreign universities/institutions having offices in India from awarding or conferring any degree on Indian students. |
| 4/23/1938 | Viceroy Lord Linlithgow opens the hydro-electric scheme at Malakand. |
| 12/16/1924 | Nissim Ezekiel, educationist and author, was born. |
| 12/31/1961 | 99 Infantry Brigade Group, under Brigadier K S Raja, launched operations in Katanga province and regained full control of Katanga amidst stiff resistance offered by a break away faction (Katangese gendarmerie). |
| 7/25/1929 | Somnath Chatterjee, politician and lawyer, was born. |
| 2/19/1891 | Amrita Bazaar Patrika became a daily newspaper. |
| 3/6/1947 | Churchill opposes troop withdrawal from India at London. |
| 12/7/1997 | Leander Paes awarded 'The Sportstar' award. |
| 3/11/1993 | Gen. K.V. Krishna Rao returns to Jammu & Kashmir as Governor. |
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