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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 |
| 2/5/1968 | Narottam Nagar, veteran hindi writer, passed away. |
| 3/2/1997 | Bangalore's Dr. B. V. Ravi Kumar develops India's first indigenously made HIV detection kit. |
| 12/25/1932 | King George V's chair collapsed during his Christmas dinner speech. |
| 10/30/1999 | The Central Ministerial team led by Mr. Advani is prevented from making an on-the-spot assessment of the havoc wrecked by the super cyclone. |
| 12/29/1983 | Gavaskar makes the highest Test Cricket score by an Indian, 236* vs West Indies. |
| 6/24/1928 | Mrinal Keshav Gore, leader in Maharashtra, was born. |
| 7/13/1957 | Behram Navrosji Karanjia, leading merchant and director of various companies, passed away. |
| 11/18/1961 | The Navy went into action under the command of Rear Admiral BS Soman, then Flag Officer Commanding, Indian Fleet. The ships conducted their mission in three geographical areas for liberating Goa . |
| 12/23/1976 | Indira Gandhi attacks the pro-Moscow Communist party for enticing her son Sanjay, but she denies grooming him as her successor. |
| 11/10/1909 | Gandhiji replies to Tolstoy, sends his biography by Doke. |
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