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Historical Event on 8/15/1947
Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru becomes the first Indian Prime Minister of free India.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 5/14/2000 | L. K. Advani, Union Home Minister, announces extension of the ban on the LTTE by two more years. |
| 12/21/1881 | Pundit Sunder Lal Sharma, freedom fighter and social reformer, was born at Rajim, M.P. |
| 4/3/1912 | M. Varadarajan, educationist and author, was born at Tirupattur. |
| 6/15/1907 | Narayan Ganesh Goray, freedom fighter and socialist, was born at Hindala (Maharashtra). |
| 9/6/1947 | Indian government creates a new ministry of relief and rehabilitation of refugees. |
| 3/3/1952 | The Indian National Congress secured absolute majority in the Lok Sabha in the General elections. |
| 9/18/1995 | Kaka Hathrasi, famous comedy poet, died. |
| 9/18/1995 | Portuguese Catholics conquer Goa under Albuquerque, the then Governor, to serve as capital of their Asian maritime empire beginning conquest and exploitation of India by Europeans. |
| 8/21/1997 | Krishan Kant assumes office as tenth Vice President of India. |
| 1/18/1992 | Ordinance cuts minimum poll campaign time to 14 days from 20 days. |
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