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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
6/20/1946	Kashmir authorities arrest President-elect Nehru for refusing to obey an order banning him from the state.
7/31/1933	Gandhiji was arrested from Sabarmati Ashram and imprisoned without trial.
6/22/1993	Ordinance to amend Consumer Act was issued; Government doctors and hospitals were kept out of its ambit.
5/4/1998	India is placed on the US Special 309 watch list.
10/5/1990	Parliament passed the 76th Amendment Bill to extend President's rule in Punjab for another six months from November 10, 1990.
1/29/1853	Madhusudan Rao, modern writer in Oria language, was born.
4/27/1878	Calcutta University started Women's Education, and allowed women to appear in the Entrance Examination.
10/26/1950	Mother Teresa founded Mission of Charity in Calcutta, India.
1/23/1897	Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose, great nationalist leader and freedom fighter, was born at Cuttack. At the age of 23, he was ranked fourth in the I.C.S. Examination in London and fought against the British with his Azad Hind Fauj in the second World War.
8/1/1957	National Book Trust inaugurated.

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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.

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.