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Historical Event on 8/15/1947
At the stroke of midnight, India is free after 163 years of British Raj. At the same time Muslims win a degree of freedom from Hindus. They have their own separate dominion Pakistan in the British Commonwealth Sect.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 1/10/1693 | Job Charnock, founder of Calcutta, died in the same city and he was laid to rest. |
| 9/26/1991 | Ordinance to amend MRTP Act and the Companies Act totally removes pre-entry restrictions on new industrial houses and expansion of the existing ones. |
| 10/20/1963 | Navjot Singh Bhagwantsingh Sidhu, cricketer (Indian opening batsman), was born in Patiala. |
| 5/1/1923 | Under the leadership of Singaravelu Chettiar, the first May day was celebrated in India. |
| 9/25/1984 | Indian Army withdraws from the Golden Temple; repair of Akal Takht complete. |
| 6/23/1980 | Sanjay Gandhi, great Indian politician and younger son of Indira Gandhi, died in a plane crash. He was recently appointed as the General Secretary of the AICC (I). |
| 6/24/1986 | Government announced that unmarried mothers under its employment would also get maternity leave. |
| 11/6/1904 | Hariharnath Shastri, worker's leader, was born. |
| 11/17/1948 | Despite the scepticism on the part of the US and British advisers concerning the feasibility of the scheme, the first half-dozen HAL-reconditioned B-24s were ready by November 1948 and, on the 17th of that month, No. 5 Squadron was formed with these heavy bombers. |
| 11/10/1968 | Tukdoji Maharaj, modern social reformer, saint and poet, died in his ashram at Mozri in district Amravati. |
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