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Historical Event on 8/14/1947

Sir Harilal Jekisundas Kania was appinted as the Chief Justice of India. He was in this office till 05/11/1951.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/20/1885First meeting of the Indian National Congress held.
10/14/1980S. N. Banerjee, cricketer--one Test for India and 249 runs 10th wkt stand on tour, died.
1/27/1948Gandhiji visits Mehrauli Muslim Fair.
3/22/1977Indira Gandhi-led Indian National Congress party lost the 6th general election of India. She resigned as Pime Minister of India.
4/4/1994Ravi Naik, Goa CM, resigns.
11/1/1927Ghani Khan Chaudha, political leader, was born.
4/9/1954India reports only 43\% of population speaks 15 recognized languages, noting 720 dialects, 23 tribal tongues.
2/14/1658Dara Sulaiman Shukoh was defeated in the struggle for Delhi throne Shuja's in the battle of Bahadurpur near Varanasi.
8/4/1923Nagpur University started working.
2/3/1929The ""Times of India Illustrated Weekly"" was renamed as ""The Illustrated Weekly of India"".