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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
1/29/1931Gandhiji sails for England as Congress delegate to Second Round Table Conference. This conference was attended by Madan Mohan Malaviya and Sarojini Naidu.
4/14/1963Maha Pandit Rahul Sanskrityayan, great Hindi writer, politician and professor, passed away at Darjeeling.
8/10/1992P. P. Thorat, retired Lt and General, died.
7/19/1990Planning Commission decides to make changes in the Gadgil formula for central assistance to States in consultation with states.
2/15/1993India regains ""Rubber"" after 6 years by beating England by an innings and 70 runs at Madras.
7/4/1986Sunil Gavaskar celebrated his 115th Test in cricket at Edgbaston.
6/30/1992Over 20 Indian pilgrims die in Saudi Arabia due to heatwave and inadequate medical attention.
10/26/1930Dr. Waldemar Modecal Haffkine, famous scientist, bacteriologist and professor, died in Paris. He had invented the Cholera vaccine in 1893 and a vaccine for Plague in 1897 at the Grant Medical College, Bombay.
10/14/1989Election Commission accepted Shiv Sena as a political party.
1/3/1996Bomb blast kills six and seriously wounds 20. Jammu and Kashmir Islamic Front claim responsibility in Delhi.