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Historical Event on 8/15/1947

Indian Independence Day.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/13/1998India carries out two more nuclear tests at Pokharan in Rajasthan.
7/16/1991Railway budget hikes passenger fares by 15-20\% and freight up by 10\%.
6/2/1992The government accepts all the 15 recommendations of the Janakiraman Committee which unearthed massive collusion of banks in the security scam.
5/22/1936Lord Brabourne laid the foundation stone of Brabourne Stadium in Bombay.
7/4/1999Over 500 children of Kargil migrants take out a procession to Batalik in a show of solidarity with the Indian army.
3/27/1999World No. 2 Viswanathan Anand won the title with a round to spare in the rapid section of the Amber rapid and blindfold chess tournaments in Monte Carlo.
5/29/1992Agni-India's IRB missile successfully test-fired from Orissa coast for the first time since May 22, 1989.
3/29/1989Central Institute of Fisheries Education gets the distinction of becoming the first Fisheries University in India.
7/4/1900Swami Shivanand Saraswati, religious leader, was born.
4/16/1966Nandlal Bose, who established modern painting in Bengal, passed away.