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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
7/1/1991Rupee devalued by 8.5\%.
11/13/1991Supreme Court orders establishment of an all-India judicial service.
5/3/1947Indian National Trade Union Congress Intak was established.
12/25/1949Dr. Hari Singh Gour, famous law expert, great social reformer, jurist, leader and educationist, passed away.
1/24/1980E. K. Nayanar forms Government in Kerala.
11/3/1908Shreyansprasad Jain, famous industrialist, was born.
3/13/1878The Vernacular Press Act was passed which subsequently made the Amrita Bazar Patrika of Calcutta an English newspaper.
4/15/1984Extremist Sikhs plunder 40 stations in Punjab, India.
5/6/1971India refutes allegations that it has meddled in Pakistan's civil war.
11/21/1962India and China declared a truce from the war in which India was badly beaten. Because of winter in China, they halted their advance into India.