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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 |
| 9/1/1999 | Mr. Justice Arijit Pasayat, appointed Chief Justice of the Kerala High Court. |
| 3/23/1919 | Subhadra Joshi, freedom fighter, was born. She took active participation in Salt and non cooperation movement. She also motivated the freedom movement through her newspaper ""Hamara Sangram"". |
| 6/2/1992 | The government accepts all the 15 recommendations of the Janakiraman Committee which unearthed massive collusion of banks in the security scam. |
| 5/27/1991 | Justice J.S. Verma of the Supreme Court appointed to probe into Rajiv Gandhi murder case. |
| 12/10/1761 | Maharani Tarabai of Pune died at Satara.(9 or 10). |
| 3/1/1955 | Pakistan vs India five Test Cricket series ends in a 0-0 draw. |
| 5/7/1994 | Dr. S.P. Tripathy, Director-General of ICMR, retired after 32 years of distinguished service in the ICMR, and Dr. G.V. Satyavati took over as the new Director-General of ICMR in July 1994. She became the first woman scientist in the country to head not only ICMR but any Research agency in independent India. |
| 4/5/1919 | India's first modern shipping company Scindia Steam Navigation's first ship 'Liberty' started its journey. The weight of the ship was 5,940 tonnes. |
| 8/1/1939 | Bombay begins Prohibition, first since U.S. law was repealed. |
| 2/10/1910 | Smt. Durga Bhagwat, veteran Marathi writer, was born. |
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