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Historical Event on 8/15/1947

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.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/19/1860Lord Dalhousie, Governor General of India (1848-1856), died.
12/6/1946Anglo-Indian talks end in failure after three days at London.
7/25/1982Gyani Zail Singh became 7th President of India. He held the office till July 25, 1987.
9/26/1996CBI chargesheeted Rao in St. Kitts case.
4/26/1908Judge Sarv Mittra Sikri, Chief Justice of Supreme Court of India, was born.
6/7/1606Guru Arjundev, fifth Guru of Sikhs, passed away.
10/6/1999INLD-BJP combine wins by big margin in Haryana.
11/25/1975Chandulal Shah, film maker, passed away.
3/24/1947Lord Louis Mountbatten came to India.
7/5/1993Supreme Court dismisses the stay petition of Union Government regarding lifting of ban on the RSS and the Bajrang Dal by the Babri Tribunal.