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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
7/14/1923Iqbal Singh Bhatia, great educationist, was born at Kotla Qasim Khan, (Pakistan).
11/23/1991Bhaskaracharya Research Institute established at Dhule.
4/12/1983Richard Attenborough's 'Gandhi' wins 8 Oscars.
1/29/1975West Indies won the fifth test against India after winning the exciting cricket series 3-2.
5/12/1987Britain's HMS Hermes becomes Indian Navy's second aircraft carrier named INS Viraat.
8/8/1984P.T. Usha at Los Angeles sets record for 400m H. (Women) in 55.42.
4/6/1897Gandhiji submits long memorial to Chamberlain, Secretary of State for Colonies, regarding landing incidents background. Carries on programme of petitioning local and Imperial authorities, as well as of communicating with British and Indian public men regarding discriminatory laws.
3/1/1990JD secures four-fifth majority in Orissa Assembly elections; Biju Patnaik becomes the new CM.
12/10/1998Prof. Amartya Sen receives the 1998 Nobel Prize for Economics.
4/7/1998Soli Sorabjee is appointed Attorney-General of India.