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Historical Event on 8/15/1947
Hindu-Muslim association in Calcutta.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 10/10/1970 | Union Government ruled out judicial probe into the death of the late PM Lal Bahadur Shastri. |
| 9/21/1992 | The Officers Training School (OTS) women were inducted into the Army as Officers, and the onerous task of training the Lady Cadets of WSES (O) courses commenced at the OTS. |
| 2/25/1760 | Lord Clive left India. His successors as Governors of India were J. Holwell and H. Vansittart from July 1760 to 1765. He was re-posted to India on May 3, 1765. |
| 11/9/1993 | Tamil Nadu Assembly urges the Centre to amend Constitution to retain 69\% reservation for backward classes. |
| 5/23/1942 | Lt Gen Joseph Stilwell and his men arrive at Dimapur, having retreated 150 miles (240 km) through the Burmese jungle. `We took a hell of a beating,' he said. |
| 5/3/1969 | Dr. Zakir Hussain(1897-1969), third President of India and the first Muslim President who occupied this office on 13 May, 1967, passed away. He is also remembered as an educationist. |
| 1/17/1997 | Supreme Court bans all non-forest activities including running of saw mills and mining in forest areas. |
| 11/1/1991 | J.N. Dixit appointed the next Foreign Secretary. |
| 9/7/1998 | Prof. K. M. Chandy, Congress (I) leader and former Governor of Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh, died in Kochi at the age of 77. |
| 1/14/1959 | Indira Gandhi, Nehru's daughter, emerges as leading choice for president in New Delhi. |
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