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Historical Event on 8/15/1947

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.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/21/1952The XV Indian Olympic Games in Madras.
6/15/1908Stock Exchange of Calcutta was opened of Baldeodas Daduawala and Overened.
7/23/1856Lokmanya Bal Gangadhar Tilak was born on July 23rd, 1856
2/16/1933Surya Sen Masterda, revolutionary freedom fighter, who attacked the Armoury of Chittagong with 62 men of the Indian Republican Army and was underground on Jalalabad Hills, was arrested.
8/21/1987Dr. Shankar Dayal Sharma elected the Vice President of India (1987 - 1992).
1/20/1897Gandhiji declines to prosecute assailants.
10/11/1927Sarojini Regani, great journalist, was born at Secunderabad.
1/10/1997The second leg of the Indian Satellite circuit held in Ahmedabad.
4/19/1910Anant Laxman Kanhere, revolutionary, was hanged.
12/9/1992More than 700 die in clashes in Ayodhya; BJP bandh partial.