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Historical Event on 8/15/1947

Hindu-Muslim association in Calcutta.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/25/199710,000 people residing in low lying areas in Gujarat shifted to safer places following incessant rains for two days. Death toll mounts to 265.
12/3/1971Indo-Pakistan war begins. On the same day National Emergency was declared by the President of India due to war between both the countries.
12/28/1981Madras-Penang undersea cable commissioned.
4/8/1950Nehru and Ali Khan sign the Indo-Pakistani Pact.
11/27/1984Percy Norris, British Deputy High Commissioner in Bombay, assassinated in Bombay.
6/1/1959National Aeronautical Research Laboratory (NARL) set up under CSIR with temporary offices in New Delhi. Dr. P. Nilakantan is appointed NARL's first Director.
9/1/1999Ace athlete Jyotirmoyee Sikdar is awarded the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna; coaches Bahadur Singh, Hargobind Singh (athletics) and Gurbax Singh Sandhu (boxing) the Dronacharya awards during the Arjuna awards function at the Rashtrapati Bhavan, Delhi.
12/14/1968Chaggan Baba (Chagganlal Karamshi Parekh), great social worker and founder of Mahila Griha Udyog and Lijjat Papad, died.
12/25/1932King George V's chair collapsed during his Christmas dinner speech.
3/4/1927Dr. Laxminarayan Lal was born.