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Historical Event on 8/15/1947

Indian Independence Day.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/10/1985A. M. Prasad was appointed as the Narcotics Commissioner of India. He headed this office till 30-04-1987.
5/9/1998Playback singer Talat Mehmood, 75, passed away in Mumbai.
12/9/1825Tula Ram Rao, one of the revolutionary heroes of the 1857 and Sepoy Mutiny, was born.
1/14/1995The 5th Pay Commission suggests trimming of bureaucracy.
9/29/1836Chamber of Commerce and Industry was established in Madras
10/28/1981Underground Metro Train Compartments were tested on trial basis at Calcutta.
5/13/1998India carries out two more nuclear tests at Pokharan in Rajasthan.
7/21/1984Terrorists breach Bhakra canal in Punjab.
1/4/1914Indira Sant, famous Marathi poet, was born.
8/17/1986In the Jehovah's Witnesses' case, the Supreme Court rules that ""singing National Anthem is not obligatory"".