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Historical Event on 8/15/1947

Sir Cyril Radcliffe Award on the new boundaries of West Punjab, East Punjab, West Bengal, East Bengal and Assam.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/20/1944Rajiv Gandhi, former Prime Minister of India and Bharat Ratna awardee, was born in Bombay.
7/8/1907Elphinstone Picture Palace was started by Jamshedji F. Madan at Calcutta.
9/1/1942Rasbihari Bose established the Indian National Army.
3/15/1997Lok Sabha passes Income Tax (Amendment) Bill, 1997.
5/9/1753Maharaja Surajmal attack on Delhi.
8/13/1795Ahilyabai Holkar passed away at the age of 70.
1/9/1664Shivaji started Surat campaign and left the city after plundering the place.
6/4/1994Army successfully test-fires the short range surface-to-surface missile, 'Prithvi'.
1/30/1993Congress (I) MLA in Andhra Pradesh P. Balaraju and eight officials kidnapped by the outlawed People's War Group in Visakhapatnam district.
8/3/1960Gopal Sharma, great Indian cricket off-spinner (2 Tests 1984-85), was born in Kanpur.