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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
8/9/1893Shivpujan Sahai, famous Hindi story writer and novelist, was born at Bihar in a middle class family.
10/18/19921,000 police personnel occupy the Golden Temple in Amritsar to keep Punjab separatists away.
1/18/1997Khanna Committee recommends more power to RBI over non-banking financial companies.
8/15/1969Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) formed under Department of Atomic Energy.
12/1/1964Jawaharlal Nehru Agriculture University established.
9/1/1934Suniti Kumar Ghosh, cricket test umpire for two tests from 1988-89, was born in Bengal.
4/27/1918Gandhiji attends Viceroy's War Conference at Delhi and addresses it in Hindustani; subsequently tours Kaira District to raise recruits for army.
8/7/1905Indian National Congress declared to boycott the British goods for the first time against Bengal partition, and also advocated to buy ' Swadeshi.
11/11/2000Mohun Bagan wins the Durand Cup in New Delhi.
1/15/2000Baba Amte, social artist, receives Gandhi Peace Prize 1999, from the President K. R. Narayanan.