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Historical Event on 8/15/1947
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.

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9/29/1994	Gulf nations suspend Indian flights on account of plague epidemic.
11/6/1997	Chief Executives of public sector banks and Finance Minister P. Chidambaram, after a meeting in New Delhi, decide to grant greater administrative autonomy to select public sector banks.
9/10/1999	Sonia Gandhi files her nomination papers for the Amethi Lok Sabha constituency.
7/13/1929	Jatindranath Das started fast strike.
2/1/1967	Victor Paramjyoti, famous Indian music director, composer and critic, passed away.
11/2/1984	Violence following Indira Gandhi's assassination takes heavy toll.
12/11/1976	Aliyawar Jung, former Governor of Maharashtra, died.
8/28/1994	Three medical officers of the Field Ambulance unit were killed when the Indian contingent was trying to stem the war in Somalia.
10/28/1998	The 1998 Swarna Jayanti Fellowship Award is presented to 11 young scientists.

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Historical Event on 8/15/1947 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.

Historical Event on 8/15/1947
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.