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Historical Event on 8/15/1947

Lord Louis Mountbatten took charge as the first British Governor General of Indian Union and occupied this office till June 20, 1948.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/14/1955Colombo Plan conference held at New Delhi pleas for technological aid to Asia .
1/10/1975India accords recognition to the Palestine Liberation Organization.
8/12/1997Gulshan Kumar of Super Cassette Industries was shot dead by four unidentified persons in north-west Mumbai.
5/18/1985Dr. P. C. Alexander appointed High Commissioner in Britain.
1/21/1997First group of bank documents relating to Bofors case handed over to Indian Government.
4/13/1890Ramchandra Gopal Torne (Dadasaheb), film director, was born.
7/5/1993Air Marshal Swarup Krishna Kaul appointed Chief of Air Staff.
7/27/1947Princes were appealed to regard people's paramountcy as a privilege.
5/19/1993Government decides to merge Vayudut with Indian Airlines.
11/20/1993RBI clears two more private banks: The Times Bank Ltd. and the Indus Ind Bank Ltd.