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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.
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| 6/19/1947 | Salman Rushdie, English writer, was born in Bombay. |
| 3/5/1699 | Maharaja Jaisingh-II crowned as King of Jaipur kingdom and sat on Amber throne. |
| 1/22/1858 | Veer Narayan Singh, freedom fighter, was sentenced to death. |
| 11/14/2000 | Jharkhand, the 28th State of the Indian Union, comes into being and the new Governor, Prabhat Kumar, and the Chief Minister, Babulal Marandi, take office. |
| 1/22/1992 | Government raises Suzuki share in Maruti to 50 per cent making it the first public sector company to go private. |
| 1/18/1925 | Gajanan Johari, famous Marathi writer, was born. |
| 11/27/1984 | Percy Norris, British Deputy High Commissioner in Bombay, assassinated in Bombay. |
| 7/12/1896 | Dangambarrao G. Bindu, politician and father of Hydrabad Liberation Party, was born. |
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