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Historical Event on 8/15/1947
Indian Independence Day.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 2/10/1921 | Wilhelm Conrad Von Roentgen, professor and nobel prize winner, passed away. |
| 7/29/1927 | Madhavsingh Solanki, one of the leaders in Gujarat, was born. |
| 4/10/1919 | Miss Mercia Sherwood, an English teacher, was assaulted by a mob in Amritsar. Brig. General. R.E.H. Dyer had given instructions to beat her. |
| 11/18/1727 | Maharaja Jai Singh-II of Amber laid the stone of Jaipur City. Vidyadhar Chakravarty of Bengal was the architect of the first planned city in India. |
| 3/6/1928 | Nilkanth Ramanbhai Mahipatrao, famous Gujrati litterateur, critic, dramatist and social reformer, died. |
| 9/29/1991 | Ustad Yunus Hussain Khan, famous singer of 'Agra Gharana', passed away. |
| 6/16/1950 | Mithun Chakravorty, famous Hindi film actor, was born. |
| 1/3/1938 | Jaswant Singh, son of Thakur Sardar Singh, was born in Jasol, Distt. Barmer (Rajasthan). |
| 3/1/1985 | Rajendra Sethia, the biggest personal bankrupt ever, arrested in New Delhi. |
| 2/4/1934 | Madhusudan Das ""Utkal Gourab"", passed away. He was described as a great Indian patriot, who wore himself out is giving shape and reality to various nation-building schemes. He wrote a number of articles and poems both in Oriya, English and Bengali to fill people with enthusiasm and patriotism. He was the first non-official Vice Chairman and then Chairman of Cuttack District Board. |
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