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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 |
| 4/2/1993 | MP High Court quashes dismissal of BJP Government under article 356; the Centre decides to move the Supreme Court. |
| 12/21/1999 | Kushabhau Thakre, BJP president, said that Ayodhya issue was a 'programme' and not an ideology of the party. |
| 4/6/1942 | During the second world war, for the first time Japanese air-bombers attacked India, and the mainland took place at Visakhapatnam. |
| 11/23/1897 | Nirad Chandra Chaudhuri, writer, was born. |
| 1/18/1996 | N. T. Rama Rao, chief minister of Andhra Pradesh (during 1983-84, 84-89, 94-95), passed away at Hydrabad. |
| 9/12/1686 | Aurangzeb ended Adilshah's kingdom. The garrison lost heart and surrendered Sikandar who was sent to the state prison at Daulatabad. Bijapur was invested and the city opened its gates to the Mughals. Bijapur as an independent kingdom ceased to exist. |
| 3/21/1976 | The Indian people have delivered a stinging rebuke to the woman who had ruled them without the benefit of a constitution for the past 19 months by dumping her from office in a landslide election. After 11 years of rule, Indira Gandhi has resigned, and in an uncharacteristically humble statement said she ""accepted the verdict unreservedly"" and promised ""constructive cooperation"" with the new government. The heads of the victorious parties immediately dropped the year-and-a-half-old state of emergency, freed political prisoners, and began negotiations over who would head the new government. |
| 10/16/1983 | Harish Chandra, great Indian scientist, died. His work in a narrow branch of modern mathematics led to its developement to such an extent that it drew the attention of mathematicians all over the world. |
| 9/12/1995 | Heavy rainfall in the Himalaya region, resulting in landslide, claimed 70 lives near Kullu. |
| 8/27/1987 | B. Shankaranand appointed Chairman of the Parliamentary Committee to enquire into the Bofors gun deal. |
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