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Historical Event on 8/15/1947

Indian Independence Day.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/2/1982Indira Gandhi opened Mahatma Gandhi Road Bridge at Patna.
3/5/1990Government announces an interim relief of Rs. 360 crore to 5 lakh victims of the 1984 Bhopal gas tragedy.
12/31/1966Bishen Singh Bedi made his Test Cricket debut vs West Indies at Calcutta.
6/14/1992Tin Bigha activists lathi-charged in the Tin Bigha corridor in Coochbehar.
6/14/1992Origin of Fasli Era (India).
12/16/1770Ludwig Van Beethoven, greatest musician, poet and innovator, was born.
11/22/1971Indian and Pakistan governments protested violations of national airspace along the western border, but aerial conflict between the respective air arms began, preceding full-scale warfare between India and Pakistan by 12 days.
11/5/1961Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru arrived in New York. This was the first ocassion when an Indian Prime Minister went to United States.
11/28/1704Jacob Mossel, Governor General (Dutch East Indies), was born.
2/26/1971Noel David, Hyderabad off-spinner who played ODI in 1997, was born.