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1824 Freed American slaves established Liberia on the West African cost through the American colonization society
1862 Madras high court was established
1945 Korea gained independence from the Empire of Japan
1947 India gained independence from British rule after near 190 years of British East India Company and Crown Rule And Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru became the first Prime Minister of independent India
1947 Mohammad Ali Jina became the first Governor-General of Pakistan
1960 Congo gained independence from France
1969 Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) formed under the Department of Atomic Energy
1971 Bangladesh gained independence from Pakistan And Shaik Mujib Rehman became the first Prime Minister
1982 Color Television Broadcasting started in India
2020: Indian Cricketer Mahendra Singh Dhoni announced his retirement from international cricket
On this Day Famous Birthdays & Birth Anniversaries on August 15
1769 Napolean Bonaparte, Emperor of France
1865 Mikao Usni, Japanese spiritual leader He founded Reiki
1872 Shri Aurobindo, Indian novelist, freedom fighter, philosopher, guru, and poet
1896: Gerty Theresa Cori, Austro-Hungarian-American biochemist
1912 Amir Khan, an Indian classical vocalist and the founder of the Indore gharana
1947 Rakhi Gulzar, Indian actress
1904 George Klein, Canadian inventor He invented a Motorized Wheelchair
1964 Melinda Gates, wife of Bill Gates and co-founder of Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
1971 Adnan Sami Indian singer and musician
1990 Jennifer Lawrence, American actress
On this Day Death Anniversaries of famous people on August 15
1935 Will Rogers, American actor
1942 Mahadev Desai He was Mahatma Gandhi’s secretary and freedom fighter
1975 Shaikh Mujibur Rehman The first president of Bangladesh assassinated by militants
1967 Rene Magritte, Belgian surrealist painter
2004 Amar Singh Chaudhari, 8th Chief minister of Gujrat, India
2005 Bendupudi Venkata Satyanarayana, Indian dermatologist and academic
2015 Julian Bond Social activist, civil rights leader, and former representative from Georgia He was the Chairman of the NAACP from 1998 to 2010
2018 Ajit Wadekar, an Indian international cricketer
What happened in India on 15 August
15-August-1772
Divani and Faujdary courts seperated by East India Company.
15-August-1854
The first train of the East Indian Railways steamed out of Howrah station destined for Hoogly, which was at a distance of 24 miles. It was the first passenger train catering to public traffic. Officially, it was inaugurated in 1855.
15-August-1867
Bhartendu Harishchandra publishes a Hindi monthly ‘Kavi Vachan Sudha’.
15-August-1872
Sri Aurobindo Man Mohan Ghosh born in Calcutta. He was a renaissance yoga philosopher, freedom fighter and teacher. His 30-volume work discusses the ‘superman’, a metaphor for the divinely transformed individual soul. He withdrew from the world in 1910 and founded International Ashram in Pondicherry.
15-August-1918
Hans Kumar Tiwari, famous poet and translater, was born.
15-August-1921
Amrit Rai, novelist and translater, was born .
15-August-1925
Sadashiv Pandurang Jantre, great freedom fighter and social worker, was born .
15-August-1942
Mahadev Haribhai Desai, an activist and Mahatma Gandhi’s personal secretary, died of heart failure at Aga Khan’s Palace.
15-August-1947
Indian Independence Day.
15-August-1947
Sir Cyril Radcliffe Award on the new boundaries of West Punjab, East Punjab, West Bengal, East Bengal and Assam.
15-August-1947
India gains independence from the British rule and Pakistan emerges as a separate Islamic nation. Around 600,000 die in clashes during the subsequent population exchange of 14 million people between the two new countries.
15-August-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.
15-August-1947
Paramveer Chakra, Mahaveer Chakra, Veer Chakra instituted as ‘Awards for Gallantry’.
15-August-1947
Hindu-Muslim association in Calcutta.
15-August-1947
Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru becomes the first Indian Prime Minister of free India.
15-August-1947
Lord Louis Mountbatten took charge as the first British Governor General of Indian Union and occupied this office till June 20, 1948.
15-August-1947
On the the stroke of mid-night on 14th August 1947, India became independent and was partitioned. Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru became the first prime minister and Dr. Rajendra Prasad became the first president of free India. The mixed economy policy was taken on a five-year plan basis for economic development. On 26th January 1950, India became a democratic and is the biggest democracy of the world today. In 1956, on the basis of languages, India was divided into 14 states and 6 union territories. Today, there are 27 states and 7 union territories.
15-August-1947
India and Pakistan gain independence (dominion status). Lord Mountbatten becomes Governor General of India and Mohammad Ali Jinnah is appointed the Governor General of Pakistan. Independent India’s first cabinet meeting with Jawaharlal Nehru as Prime Minister held. Members of the first Cabinet were: 1. J. L. Nehru – PM, External and Commonwealth Relations and Scientific Research, 2. Sardar Patel – Home Information and Broadcasting and States, 3. Dr. Rajendra Praised – Food and Agriculture, 4. Maulana Azad – Education, 5. John Mathai – Railways and Transport, 6. Sardar Baldev Singh – Defence, 7. Jagjivan Ram – Labour, 8. C. H. Bhabha – Commerce, 9. R. A. Kidwai – Communications, 10. Rajkumari Amrit Kaur – Health, 11. B. R. Ambedkar – Law 12. R. K. Sanmukham Chetty – Finance, 13. Shyama Prasad Mookerji – Industries and Supplies, 14. N. V. Gadgil – Works, Mines and Power.
15-August-1947
The Defence department becomes the Ministry of Defence under a Cabinet Minister. Each service was placed under its own Commander-in-Chief. Under the Constitution, the supreme command of the Armed Forces was vested with the President.
15-August-1947
The Indian independence divided not only the country but its armed forces as well. These units came down and their equipment was transferred to the newly created Royal Pakistan Air Force. Thus, the principal components of the Royal Indian Air Force, during the partition, were nos. 3, 4, 7, 8 and 10 Squadrons with Tempest US, No. 2 Squadron with Spitfires and No. 12 Squadron with C-47s and No. 1 Air Observation Flight (AOF). The establishment of this AOF with AOP Auster 4s, 5s and 6s, coincided with independence. No. 6 Squadron, which had been in process of converting from Spitfires to C-47s at Drigh Road, had been stood down and its transports transferred to Pakistan.
15-August-1947
Brigadier Thakur Mahadeo Singh was the first Indian Commandant. He was the DSO of Indian Militery Academy.
15-August-1949
Chandernagore joins the Indian Union. Panchayati Raj inaugurated in 114,000 villages.
15-August-1950
Indian Constitution goes into effect.
15-August-1950
Earthquake measuring 8.6 on Richter Scale hits Assam in north eastern India claiming 11,000 lives.
15-August-1955
Satyagrah started for the freedom of Goa.
15-August-1960
Maharashtra State Sahkari Grihvitta Corporation was established.
15-August-1965
Television starts in New Delhi.
15-August-1968
Marathwada’, a daily newspaper, published.
15-August-1969
Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) formed under Department of Atomic Energy.
15-August-1972
Postal Index Number (PIN Code) of 6-digits was introduced.
15-August-1979
Tukoji Holkar, a leader of Peshwa kingdom, dies.
15-August-1982
Doordarshan’s national programme and the first nationwide colour transmission started by Delhi Doordarshan.
15-August-1985
Accord reached on the Assam foreign nationals issue, agitation called off.
15-August-1990
Uttar Maharashtra University was established.
15-August-1990
GOI declares Prophet Mohammed’s birthday a national holiday.
15-August-1990
India successfully test fires ‘Akash’, an advanced medium range surface to air missile.
15-August-1992
Karnataka seeks army help to nab sandal wood smuggler Veerappan.
15-August-1993
Five more Doordarshan channels launched.
15-August-1994
At Churchgate railway station on platform No.1, noted film actor A.K. Hangal signalled the start of theatre in a train by waving a green flag.
15-August-1994
Sukumar Gupta, a socialist, dies.
15-August-1995
P.V Narasimha Rao introduces the mid-day meal scheme for the primary school children under the Central Government Welfare Programme.
15-August-1996
Deve Gowda speaks in Hindi on the occasion of the 50th Independence Day.
15-August-1997
Freedom fighter’s pension to be doubled from the existing Rs. 1,500.
15-August-1997
The Government bans doctors from determining the sex of the foetus.
15-August-1997
IWM Vijayalakshmi wins Asian Zonal Women’s Chess tournament in Tehran.
15-August-1997
K.Sasikaran gets third IM norm in British Open Chess tournament.
15-August-1997
K. R. Narayanan, President, posthumously confers nation’s highest peace-time gallantry award ‘Ashok Chakra’ to second Lieutenant Puneet Dutta.
15-August-1998
Golden jubilee celebrations of the Indian Independence ends.
15-August-1999
Atal Bihari Vajpayee, Prime Minister, says Agni-2 to be inducted in the defence arsenal.
15-August-2000
Atal Bihari Vajpayee, Prime Minister, says in his Independence Day address, “Borders cannot be redrawn either in the name of religion or on the strength of the sword”.