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Historical Event on 7/15/1955

Bharat Ratna, India's highest award, was announced to be given to Prime Minister Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru (1889-1964) by the President of India, Dr. Rajendra Prasad.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/27/1937Abdul Karim Khan, famous singer of 'Kirana Gharana', died.
6/1/1959N.G. Ranga resigned from the Indian National Congress and took up the leadership of the newly formed Swatantra Party.
10/22/1997Faced with unprecedented Presidential rebuff, a divided U.F. Government reversed decision on invoking Article 356 in Uttar Pradesh. Kalyan Singh government survived.
3/1/1978Justice Y. Y. Chandrachud is sworn in as the Chief Justice of India.
9/18/2000President K. R. Narayanan presents the Dada Saheb Phalke award for the year 1999 to film maker Hrishikesh Mukherjee.
10/15/1888Gopal Ganesh Agarkar started daily newspaper 'Sudharak'.
5/16/1945Prahraj Gopalchandra, modern author of Oria language, passed away.
12/15/1932Tirunellai Narayana Iyer Seshan, Chief Election Commissioner of India, was born.
12/10/1952World's first official Family Planning programme launched in India.
12/24/1905Sen Triguna, educationist and technologist, was born.