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Historical Event on 8/15/1947
Indian Independence Day.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 8/15/1947 | Pieter de Carpentier, flemish Governor General of Dutch East-Indies, was born. |
| 12/27/1996 | Mahashweta Devi, Bengali litterateur, win the Gyanpith Award. |
| 9/18/1997 | President K.R. Narayanan inaugurates Mammen Mappillai Hall at Kottayam, Kerala. |
| 1/30/1971 | Indian Airline's Fokker Friendship aircraft in India was hijacked to Lahore. |
| 10/30/1947 | The government rejects Kashmir's decision to join India in Pakistan. |
| 5/2/1769 | Sir John Malcom, former Governor of Mumbai and historian, was born. |
| 2/6/1985 | Vikram Kumar, Soccer(Football) player, was born. |
| 6/25/1900 | Louis Mountbatten, last British Voiceroy and first Governor General of independent India, was born at England. |
| 8/6/1998 | SriKrishna Commission report was tabled by the Maharashtra government. It was rejected by the ruling alliance whom it heavily indicted. |
| 6/24/1986 | Government announced that unmarried mothers under its employment would also get maternity leave. |
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