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Historical Event on 8/15/1947

Indian Independence Day.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/22/1968Lok Sabha passed notification to change the name of Madras state as Tamil Nadu.
4/22/1993Air India engineers call off their 56-day-old strike.
8/1/1922Ratilal Sankalchand Nayak, educationist and writer, was born at Kadi, Gujarat .
2/23/1997Justice J. S. Verma appointed Chief Justice of India.
1/16/1997Dr. Datta Samant, Trade Union leader, shot dead in Mumbai.
4/16/1997Anupama Gokhale wins National women's `A' chess in Calcutta.
7/7/1910'Bharat History Research Mandal' was established.
8/9/1992Golden jubilee celebrations of the Quit India Movement begin in Bombay.
3/28/1956Tirumalai Ananthanpillai Sekhar, great Indian cricket pace-bowler (2 Tests 1982-83 little impact), was born in Madras.
11/25/1997Election Commission de-recognises Janata Party and Congress (Tiwari) as national parties and de-recognises Pattali Makkal Katchi in Tamil Nadu, J & K Panthers Party and J & K People's Conference in Jammu and Kashmir, Indian Congress (Socialist) in Kerala and Manipur and Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam in Tamil Nadu. Pattali Makkal Katchi will continue to be recognised as State party in Pondicherry.