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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
1/1/1903	Sen also produced the first publicity films of India--""Jaba Kusum Hair Oil'' and ''Edward's Anti-malaria Specific''. He also filmed the celebrations of the Coronation of King Edward VII at Calcutta.
1/31/1958	First Earth Satellite Explorer I was launched from Cape Kennedy.
1/9/1982	A group of 21 Indian scientists team led by S. Z. Qasim started for the first ever Antarctica expedition on December 1981 - Jan 1982.
2/28/1937	Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar discovers the white dwarf maximum mass limit.
2/28/1937	Guru Ramdas, Sikh Guru, established Amritsar city.
1/10/1993	Atleast 15 people are killed in Bombay on the 5th day of riots between Hindus and Muslims.
8/2/1885	Poet Siyaram Saran Gupt, brother of national poet Maithilysharan Gupt, was born.
12/16/1921	Calcutta Electric Supply Corporation started tunnel construction under Hoogly river.
1/8/2000	Abhin Shyam Gupta and B.R. Meenakshi win the NSCI Grand Prix all India badminton tournament in Mumbai.
7/31/1992	Thailand Airlines crashed in Himalayan Range, 113 persons died.

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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.

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.