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Historical Event on 8/15/1947
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.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 3/29/1914 | Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram came in India. |
| 12/3/1984 | 3,000 people died and more than 50,000 people were badly affected when they inhaled poisonous toxic gas emission from the Union Carbide plant. This event is better known as ""the Bhopal Gas Tragedy"", the biggest industrial disaster that occured in India. |
| 9/15/1903 | Wazir Syed Ali, right-hand batsman and right-arm fast medium bowler, was born at Jalandhar. |
| 9/11/1895 | Vinoba Bhave (real name Vinayak Narhari Bhave), great Gandhian Acharya, was born at Ganoda village of Maharashtra. |
| 10/22/1999 | The Prime Minister warns of more 'hard decisions'. |
| 8/29/1975 | Adinath Lahiri, leading geologist, passed away. |
| 3/29/1952 | India enters into a war with Japan. |
| 2/28/1930 | Strike by workers of the Nizam state railways over bonus. |
| 4/12/1992 | M. Basavapunniah (77),Communist leader, passed away. |
| 12/31/1988 | Treaty signed between India and Pakistan for not to target nuclear sites of each other. |
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