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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
8/26/1996Supreme Court asks Harshad Mehta to pay Rs. 217 crore to the Income Tax department.
8/5/1992The Supreme Court appoints a 3-member panel to visit Ayodhya and report on the new structures there.
8/13/1954Nehru says dispute over Portuguese colonies in India must be settled peacefully.
10/28/1992Karnataka government withdraws order allowing nine private organisations to start capitation fee for engineering colleges.
4/28/1943Netaji Subash Chandra Bose aligned the Japanese-German submarine at Medagaskar.
1/1/1995This year was announced to be observed as the ""International Year of Tolerance"".
10/28/1911Mutyalswami Muniswami Naidu, cricket Test umpire, one test in 1951-52, was born at Vadodara, Gujarat.
3/29/1952India enters into a war with Japan.
1/7/1900Raghukul Tilak, educationist and social worker, was born at Meerut, UP.
3/20/1992Satyajit Ray, veteran film producer and director, was presented the 'Bharat Ratna' Award at Calcutta.