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Events for August 15

15-August-1947	Indian Independence Day
15-August-1772	Divani and Faujdary courts seperated by East India Company.
15-August-1854	The first train of the East Indian Railways steamed out of Howrah station destined for Hoogly, which was at a distance of 24 miles. It was the first passenger train catering to public traffic. Officially, it was inaugurated in 1855.
15-August-1867	Bhartendu Harishchandra publishes a Hindi monthly 'Kavi Vachan Sudha'.
15-August-1872	Sri Aurobindo Man Mohan Ghosh born in Calcutta. He was a renaissance yoga philosopher, freedom fighter and teacher. His 30-volume work discusses the 'superman', a metaphor for the divinely transformed individual soul. He withdrew from the world in 1910 and founded International Ashram in Pondicherry.
15-August-1918	Hans Kumar Tiwari, famous poet and translater, was born.
15-August-1921	Amrit Rai, novelist and translater, was born .
15-August-1925	Sadashiv Pandurang Jantre, great freedom fighter and social worker, was born .
15-August-1942	Mahadev Haribhai Desai, an activist and Mahatma Gandhi's personal secretary, died of heart failure at Aga Khan's Palace.
15-August-1947	Sir Cyril Radcliffe Award on the new boundaries of West Punjab, East Punjab, West Bengal, East Bengal and Assam.
15-August-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.
15-August-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.
15-August-1947	Paramveer Chakra, Mahaveer Chakra, Veer Chakra instituted as 'Awards for Gallantry'.
15-August-1947	Hindu-Muslim association in Calcutta.
15-August-1947	Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru becomes the first Indian Prime Minister of free India.
15-August-1947	Lord Louis Mountbatten took charge as the first British Governor General of Indian Union and occupied this office till June 20, 1948.
15-August-1947	On the the stroke of mid-night on 14th August 1947, India became independent and was partitioned. Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru became the first prime minister and Dr. Rajendra Prasad became the first president of free India. The mixed economy policy was taken on a five-year plan basis for economic development. On 26th January 1950, India became a democratic and is the biggest democracy of the world today. In 1956, on the basis of languages, India was divided into 14 states and 6 union territories. Today, there are 27 states and 7 union territories.
15-August-1947	India and Pakistan gain independence (dominion status). Lord Mountbatten becomes Governor General of India and Mohammad Ali Jinnah is appointed the Governor General of Pakistan. Independent India's first cabinet meeting with Jawaharlal Nehru as Prime Minister held. Members of the first Cabinet were: 1. J. L. Nehru - PM, External and Commonwealth Relations and Scientific Research, 2. Sardar Patel - Home Information and Broadcasting and States, 3. Dr. Rajendra Praised - Food and Agriculture, 4. Maulana Azad - Education, 5. John Mathai - Railways and Transport, 6. Sardar Baldev Singh - Defence, 7. Jagjivan Ram - Labour, 8. C. H. Bhabha - Commerce, 9. R. A. Kidwai - Communications, 10. Rajkumari Amrit Kaur - Health, 11. B. R. Ambedkar - Law 12. R. K. Sanmukham Chetty - Finance, 13. Shyama Prasad Mookerji - Industries and Supplies, 14. N. V. Gadgil - Works, Mines and Power.
15-August-1947	The Defence department becomes the Ministry of Defence under a Cabinet Minister. Each service was placed under its own Commander-in-Chief. Under the Constitution, the supreme command of the Armed Forces was vested with the President.
15-August-1947	The Indian independence divided not only the country but its armed forces as well. These units came down and their equipment was transferred to the newly created Royal Pakistan Air Force. Thus, the principal components of the Royal Indian Air Force, during the partition, were nos. 3, 4, 7, 8 and 10 Squadrons with Tempest US, No. 2 Squadron with Spitfires and No. 12 Squadron with C-47s and No. 1 Air Observation Flight (AOF). The establishment of this AOF with AOP Auster 4s, 5s and 6s, coincided with independence. No. 6 Squadron, which had been in process of converting from Spitfires to C-47s at Drigh Road, had been stood down and its transports transferred to Pakistan.
15-August-1947	Brigadier Thakur Mahadeo Singh was the first Indian Commandant. He was the DSO of Indian Militery Academy.
15-August-1949	Chandernagore joins the Indian Union. Panchayati Raj inaugurated in 114,000 villages.
15-August-1950	Indian Constitution goes into effect.
15-August-1950	Earthquake measuring 8.6 on Richter Scale hits Assam in north eastern India claiming 11,000 lives.
15-August-1955	Satyagrah started for the freedom of Goa.
15-August-1960	Maharashtra State Sahkari Grihvitta Corporation was established.
15-August-1965	Television starts in New Delhi.
15-August-1968	Marathwada', a daily newspaper, published.
15-August-1969	Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) formed under Department of Atomic Energy.
15-August-1972	Postal Index Number (PIN Code) of 6-digits was introduced.
15-August-1979	Tukoji Holkar, a leader of Peshwa kingdom, dies.
15-August-1982	Doordarshan's national programme and the first nationwide colour transmission started by Delhi Doordarshan.
15-August-1985	Accord reached on the Assam foreign nationals issue, agitation called off.
15-August-1990	Uttar Maharashtra University was established.
15-August-1990	GOI declares Prophet Mohammed's birthday a national holiday.
15-August-1990	India successfully test fires 'Akash', an advanced medium range surface to air missile.
15-August-1992	Karnataka seeks army help to nab sandal wood smuggler Veerappan.
15-August-1993	Five more Doordarshan channels launched
15-August-1994	At Churchgate railway station on platform No.1, noted film actor A.K. Hangal signalled the start of theatre in a train by waving a green flag.
15-August-1994	Sukumar Gupta, a socialist, dies.
15-August-1995	P.V Narasimha Rao introduces the mid-day meal scheme for the primary school children under the Central Government Welfare Programme.
15-August-1996	Deve Gowda speaks in Hindi on the occasion of the 50th Independence Day.
15-August-1997	Freedom fighter's pension to be doubled from the existing Rs. 1,500.
15-August-1997	The Government bans doctors from determining the sex of the foetus
15-August-1997	IWM Vijayalakshmi wins Asian Zonal Women's Chess tournament in Tehran.
15-August-1997	K.Sasikaran gets third IM norm in British Open Chess tournament.
15-August-1997	K. R. Narayanan, President, posthumously confers nation's highest peace-time gallantry award 'Ashok Chakra' to second Lieutenant Puneet Dutta.
15-August-1998	Golden jubilee celebrations of the Indian Independence ends.
15-August-1999	Atal Bihari Vajpayee, Prime Minister, says Agni-2 to be inducted in the defence arsenal.
15-August-2000	Atal Bihari Vajpayee, Prime Minister, says in his Independence Day address, ""Borders cannot be redrawn either in the name of religion or on the strength of the swor

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१५ ऑगस्ट दिनविशेष(August 15 in History) ठळक घटना, घडामोडी, जन्म(वाढदिवस), मृत्यू(पुण्यतिथी, स्मृतीदिन) आणि जागतिक दिवस.

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जागतिक दिवस

स्वातंत्र्य दिन : भारत, कॉँगो, उत्तर कोरिया, दक्षिण कोरिया.
लिच्टेस्टाईन दिन : लिच्टेन्स्टेन.
सेना दिन : पोलंड.

ठळक घटना, घडामोडी

१०५७ : लुम्फानानच्या लढाईत स्कॉटलंडचा राजा मॅकबेथचा अंत.
१२६१ : मायकेल आठवा पॅलियोलोगस बायझेन्टाईन सम्राटपदी.
१५१९ : पनामा सिटी शहराची स्थापना.
१५३७ : ऍसन्शन शहराची स्थापना.
१५४० : पेरूतील अरेकिपा शहराची स्थापना.
१६०९ : इंग्लंडच्या साउधॅम्टनहून मेफ्लॉवर जहाजात इंग्लिश प्रवासी निघाले. अमेरिकेत कायमस्वरूपी युरोपियन वसाहत निर्माण करणारी ही पहिली टोळी होती.
१८२४ : अमेरिकेतील गुलामगिरीपासून सुटका झालेल्या व्यक्तींनी लायबेरिया हे राष्ट्र निर्माण केले.
१८७७ : थॉमस अल्वा एडिसनने सर्वप्रथम ध्वनिमुद्रण मेरी हॅड अ लिटल लॅम्ब या बालकवितेचे केले.
१९१४ : पनामा कालव्यातून पहिले जहाज पार झाले.
१९२० : पोलिश-सोवियेत युद्ध-वॉर्सोची लढाई - सोवियेत संघाचा पराभव.
१९४४ : दुसरे महायुद्ध - दोस्त राष्ट्रांचे सैनिक फ्रांसच्या दक्षिण भागात उतरले.
१९४५ : दुसरे महायुद्ध - जपानने शरणागती पत्करली.
१९४७ : भारताला युनायटेड किंग्डमपासून स्वातंत्र्य.
१९४७ : मोहम्मद अली झीणा पाकिस्तानच्या गव्हर्नर-जनरलपदी.
१९४८ : दक्षिण कोरियाची निर्मिती.
१९६० : कॉँगोला फ्रांसपासून स्वातंत्र्य.
१९७१ : अमेरिकेने आपल्या चलन डॉलरचे सोन्याशी असलेले संधान खंडित केले.
१९७१ : बहरैनला युनायटेड किंग्डमपासून स्वातंत्र्य.
१९७५ : बांगलादेशमध्ये लश्करी उठाव. शेख मुजिबुर रहमान व कुटुंबियांची हत्या.
१९९९ : अल्जीरियात दहशतवाद्यांनी २९ लोकांना ठार मारले.
२००७ : पेरूजवळ पॅसिफिक महासागरात रिश्टर मापनपद्धतीनुसार ८.० तीव्रतेचा भूकंप. ५१४ ठार, १,०९० जखमी.

जन्म, वाढदिवस

१००१ : डंकन पहिला, स्कॉटलंडचा राजा.
१७६९ : नेपोलियन बोनापार्ट, फ्रांसचा सम्राट.
१८१३ : जुल्स ग्रेव्ही, फ्रांसचा राष्ट्राध्यक्ष.
१८७२ : श्री ऑरोबिंदो, भारतीय तत्त्वज्ञानी.
१८८६ : बिल व्हिटली, ऑस्ट्रेलियन क्रिकेट खेळाडू.
१९१३ : भगवान रघुनाथ कुळकर्णी, मराठी कवी, लेखक.
१९२२ : वामन तबाजी कर्डक लोककवी.
१९२७ : एडी लेडबीटर, इंग्लिश क्रिकेट खेळाडू.
१९४५ : बेगम खालेदा झिया, बांगलादेशची पंतप्रधान.
१९४७ : राखी गुलझार, भारतीय अभिनेत्री.
१९५१ : जॉन चाइल्ड्स, इंग्लिश क्रिकेट खेळाडू.
१९५१ : रंजन गुणतिलके, श्रीलंकेचा क्रिकेट खेळाडू.
१९६३ : जॅक रसेल, इंग्लिश क्रिकेट खेळाडू.
१९६८ : डेब्रा मेसिंग, अमेरिकन अभिनेत्री.
१९७२ : बेन ऍफ्लेक, अमेरिकन अभिनेता.
१९७५ : विजय भारद्वाज, भारतीय क्रिकेट खेळाडू.

मृत्यू, पुण्यतिथी, स्मृतीदिन

१०३८ : स्टीवन पहिला, हंगेरीचा राजा.
१०४० : डंकन पहिला, स्कॉटलंडचा राजा.
१०५७ : मॅकबेथ, स्कॉटलंडचा राजा.
१११८ : ऍलेक्सियस पहिला कॉम्नेनस, बायझेन्टाईन सम्राट.
१९३५ : विल रॉजर्स, अमेरिकन अभिनेता.
१९७५ : शेख मुजिबुर रहमान, बांगलादेशचा राष्ट्राध्यक्ष.
२००४ : अमरसिंह चौधरी, गुजरातचा मुख्यमंत्री.

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