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Historical Event on 8/15/1947
India gains independence from the British rule and Pakistan emerges as a separate Islamic nation. Around 600,000 die in clashes during the subsequent population exchange of 14 million people between the two new countries.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 4/8/1897 | Henrich Von Stephan, famous General Postal Union and freedom fighter, passed away. |
| 7/21/1947 | Indian Constitution Assembly accepted the tricolour flag as its National Flag. This flag is with three equal horizontal stripes of Saffron (Sacrifice), White (Truth) and Green (Prosperity) and a Chakra is superimposed on white (Dharma Chakra on the capitol of Ashoka's Pillar at Sarnath) in blue colour having 24 spokes. The ratio of the width to length is two to three. |
| 9/26/1911 | Prat Kumar Sinha, cricket Test empire for 2 tests from 1948-53, was born in Bengal. |
| 10/31/1962 | Krishna Menon, Home Minister, resign due to attack by China. |
| 4/13/1994 | United Arab Emirates lost to India in its first official ODI. |
| 9/20/1944 | Rameshchandra Saxena, a one Test batsman (India vs England 1967), was born in Delhi. |
| 5/21/1996 | General Election (11th) of India ended. |
| 5/14/1992 | LTTE banned in India. |
| 12/22/1947 | Dilip Rasiklal Doshi, cricketer (India's main slow lefty post-Bedi), was born in Rajkot. |
| 4/6/1956 | Dilip Balwant Vengsarkar, cricketer (prolific Indian batsman 1976-92),was born in Rajapur, Maharashtra. He has received Arjun Award (1981) and Padmashree (1987). |
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