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Historical Event on 8/15/1947
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.

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8/15/1947	Sikandar Sur was compelled to surrender Mankot in Punjab.
10/18/1995	Punjab CM Harcharan Singh Brar inducts All India Youth Congress President Maninderjit Singh Bitta in to the cabinet.
5/12/1999	Arunachal Pradesh Governor refuses to quit.
2/23/1994	India rebuts Pak charges on Kashmir in the 53-nation UN Commission on Human Rights.
4/10/1875	Swami Dayanand Saraswati established the Arya Samaj at Bombay and in 1877 in Lahore.
8/27/1604	Guru Granth Sahib was established in the Golden Temple of Amritsar.
3/21/1916	Ustad Bismilla Khan, clarionett Master, was born at Dumraon in Bihar.
6/1/1944	M. V. Dhurandhar, famous master painter of Maharashtra, passed away.
12/5/1990	With the induction of 60 ministers, the Bihar Cabinet becomes the largest ever cabinet in India with a total of 71 ministers.
5/13/2000	Lara Dutta (21), who said beauty pageants give women a platform to ''voice our choices and opinions'' is named Miss Universe 2000 in the Cyprus capital Nicosia.

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