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Historical Event on 8/15/1947
India and Pakistan gain independence (dominion status). Lord Mountbatten becomes Governor General of India and Mohammad Ali Jinnah is appointed the Governor General of Pakistan. Independent India's first cabinet meeting with Jawaharlal Nehru as Prime Minister held. Members of the first Cabinet were: 1. J. L. Nehru - PM, External and Commonwealth Relations and Scientific Research, 2. Sardar Patel - Home Information and Broadcasting and States, 3. Dr. Rajendra Praised - Food and Agriculture, 4. Maulana Azad - Education, 5. John Mathai - Railways and Transport, 6. Sardar Baldev Singh - Defence, 7. Jagjivan Ram - Labour, 8. C. H. Bhabha - Commerce, 9. R. A. Kidwai - Communications, 10. Rajkumari Amrit Kaur - Health, 11. B. R. Ambedkar - Law 12. R. K. Sanmukham Chetty - Finance, 13. Shyama Prasad Mookerji - Industries and Supplies, 14. N. V. Gadgil - Works, Mines and Power.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 7/29/1997 | Rabri Devi inducts 60 ministers, including 22 of cabinet rank, thus raising strength of her Council of Ministers to 74. |
| 8/28/1973 | India and Pakistan signed P.O.W Accord paving way for release of 90,000 Pakistanis. |
| 4/4/2000 | A. B. Vajpayee, Prime Minister, inaugurates Samvidhan.com, a website about the Constitution. The site is a part of the Hindi portal, Webdunia.com. |
| 12/16/1960 | Ganesh Chintaman Karve, creator of Marathi dictionary and author, passed away. |
| 8/12/1992 | 72 militants surrendered before Punjab CM Beant Singh. |
| 3/18/1997 | Indo-Bangladesh friendship treaty, signed 25 years ago, expires. |
| 1/25/1989 | Motilal Vora sworn in as CM of Madhya Pradesh. |
| 8/13/1943 | Chintamanrao Deshmukh was first Indian to be appointed Governor of Reserve Bank. |
| 5/8/1997 | India decides to import currency notes for the first time. |
| 10/15/1999 | Maharashtra Governor P. C. Alexander asks both the BJP-Shiv Sena combine and the Congress(I) for proof. |
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