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Historical Event on 8/15/1947

Brigadier Thakur Mahadeo Singh was the first Indian Commandant. He was the DSO of Indian Militery Academy.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/15/1979Morarji Desai resigns as PM. Jagjivan Ram elected Janata Parliamentary party leader.
3/7/1974T. T. Krishnamachari, former Finance Minister, passed away.
9/20/1997President K. R. Narayanan inaugurates the first Dr. Ambedkar Law University in Chennai, Tamil Nadu.
1/31/1946Subroto Guha, cricketer (right arm swing bowler for India 1967-69), was born in Calcutta.
1/30/1971Indian Airline's Fokker Friendship aircraft in India was hijacked to Lahore.
9/30/1999Hindi writer Prof. Prem Shankar and Tamil scholar Ashokamitran selected for K.K. Birla Foundation Fellowships in comparative Indian literature.
9/30/1999Amir Timur left Delhi. He took the title 'Emperor of India' and recrossed the Indus on March 11.
1/16/1942Jawaharlal Nehru succeeds Gandhi as head of Indian National Congress.
7/8/1954Jawaharlal Nehru, Prime Minister of India, inaugurated world's longest Bhakra-Nangal Dam canal at Punjab.
7/1/1913Kumarmanglam Parasshiv Prabhakar, former Chief of Indian Army, was born.