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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
1/1/1995Raman Lamba & Ravi Sehgal score 464 for 1st wicket for Delhi.
9/22/1994G. N. Joshi, famous singer, died.
1/10/1932Gandhi and his wife are arrested by the Indian authorities.
9/18/1615Thomas Roe presented himself at Jahangir's court in Ajmer. He left India on February 17, 1618.
10/16/1978Test debut of Kapil Dev, India vs Pakistan, at Faisalabad.
10/16/1978Humayun reconquered Delhi after defeating Sher - Shar Alias Sikandar Suri in Machiwara and Sarhind battles. It is said that he won the crown but not the empire.
4/26/1926Karachi Autonomous Region established in RSFSR (until 1943).
4/14/1948Law about Atomic Energy implemented in India.
1/29/1997Supreme Court rules that water is a 'mineral'.
11/22/1997Diana Hayden, 24-year-old Mumbai-born Miss India, beat 85 contestants from around the world to be crowned new 'Miss Universe' at Mahe in Seychelles.