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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
4/15/1926Gurvel Singh Pannu, famous Hindi writer, was born in Lauhka, Punjab.
9/29/1977India and Bangladesh signed settlement for distributing Ganga river water.
5/25/1961Woorkeri Venkar Raman, left-hand batsman and slow-spin bowler, was born in Madras.
8/25/1999Former Indian Davis Cup captain Narendra Nath died in Delhi.
1/25/1950The post of the Governor General of India was abolished.
12/27/1998Nobel laureate Prof. Amartya Sen unveils his plans to set up a charity trust with the award money for development of education and health in India and Bangladesh.
5/15/1864Mahavirprasad Dvivedi, famous Hindi litterateur, poet, writer and editor, was born at Daulatpur village in UP.
1/18/1942Gandhiji restarts 'Harijan' and allied weeklies.
7/29/1999Bandh in Mumbai to protest against the verdict barring Bal Thackeray from voting and contesting any election till December 10, 2001.
10/2/1904Lal Bahadur Shastri, the second Prime Minister of India (1964-66), was born in Mughalsarai near Benaras in Uttar Pradesh.