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Historical Event on 8/15/1947
Indian Independence Day.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 9/30/1989 | INS Shalki, India's first indigenously built submarine, launched in Bombay. |
| 8/15/1997 | K. R. Narayanan, President, posthumously confers nation's highest peace-time gallantry award 'Ashok Chakra' to second Lieutenant Puneet Dutta. |
| 8/29/1956 | India gets $ 360 million loan as food aid. |
| 12/8/1911 | Gaandhiji invites Gokhale to South Africa. |
| 4/8/1919 | Gandhiji arrested on way to Delhi for refusal to comply with order not to enter Punjab; escorted back to Bombay; outbreaks of violence in several towns. |
| 1/23/1814 | Sir Alexander Canningham, Indian Archeologist, was born. |
| 2/24/1946 | Mrs. Kashibai and Mrs. Babbai Lakshman, freedom fighters, were shot dead by the police. |
| 10/4/1977 | Indira Gandhi, former Prime Minister, was released off the charges of corruption. |
| 8/1/1992 | S. Rajgopal was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 31-07-1993. |
| 4/28/1701 | John Norris of Britain met Aurangjeb at Parnela in South India. |
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