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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
4/5/1990Lok Sabha passes the Punjab Bill.
12/10/1878Chakravarti Rajagopalachari, great social reformer, ardent patriot, incisive thinker and eminent literateur was born at Hosur in Tamil Nadu. He was the first Indian Governor General of independent India and popularly known as 'Rajaji'.
1/9/1993An Indian Airlines TU-154 plane crash lands in Delhi, all the 165 on board escape; Civil Aviation Minister Scindia resigns; PM cancels Dhaka visit; SAARC summit put off.
1/9/1993Akbar attacked on Malwa at Sarangpur and defeated Bajbahadar.
9/10/1858Manilal Nathubhai Dwivedi, great author and father of modern Gujarati poems, was born.
3/17/1987Sunil Gavaskar ends his Test career with an innings of 96 v Pak.
6/1/1786Madras General Post Office started functioning.
3/9/1897Fans start calling the team 'Indians' (in 1915 it became official).
5/23/1993Channa Reddy,Rajasthan Governor, shifted to Tamil Nadu. Motilal Vohra appointed in UP and B. Satyanarayan Reddy moved to Orissa.
10/17/1949The Constituent Assembly of India adopted Article 370 of the Constitution making special provisions for J&K.