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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 |
| 6/25/1997 | USA & India sign a new bilateral treaty for the extradition of fugitive offenders. |
| 10/18/1861 | Chintaman Vinayak Vaidya, historian and researcher, was born. |
| 8/4/1931 | Narendra Shankar Tamhane, dependable Indian cricket wicket-keeper (1950's), was born in Bombay. |
| 1/16/1896 | Jaideva Singh, famous musician and educationist, was born Shohratgarh, U.P. |
| 3/31/1997 | Forex reserves touch a record $ 22.36 billions. |
| 3/22/1971 | Shri Hanuman Prasad Poddar, great social reformer, revolutionary and poet, passed away. |
| 1/27/1994 | 55 miners, trapped inside New Kenda Colliery of Eastern Coal Fields, die. |
| 2/25/1976 | India announces plan to penalize parents who have more than two children. |
| 5/29/1993 | Ramesh More, Shiv Sena MLA, was murdered. |
| 2/19/1818 | Bapu Gokhle, last General of Maratha kingdom, passed away. |
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