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Historical Event on 8/15/1947

Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru becomes the first Indian Prime Minister of free India.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/23/1761Balaji Bajirao (Nanasaheb), third peshwa, died at Pune, after losing in the Third Battle of Panipat on 12 June.
5/13/1997Doordarshan drops plans to enter the direct-to-home (DTH) mode of television transmission.
9/11/1906Gandhiji addressed a mass meeting of Indians at Johannesburg, where they took oath of passive resistance against the newly promulgated 'Transvaal Asiatic Law Amendment Ordinance'.
6/7/1997At least 37 persons were feared killed in a fire in ''yagyashala'' at Thanjavur Big Temple.
10/1/1867Dr. Hiralal, a distinguised historian, was born in Katni near Jabalpur. He compiled a descriptive catalogue of Sanskrit and Prakrit Manuscripts in the Central Provinces and was an honorary correspondent in Archaeology to the Government of India. He was also titled as "Rai Bahadur
12/28/1981New Government led by the Congress (I) leader K. Karunakaran installed in Kerala.
2/9/1942Chiang Kai-Shek meets Sir Stafford Cripps, British Viceroy in India.
11/17/1921Princes of Wales came to India.
11/17/1921Humayun crossed the Indus and captured Lahore and ousted Sikandar Suri of Delhi throne.
8/15/1867Bhartendu Harishchandra publishes a Hindi monthly 'Kavi Vachan Sudha'.