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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
6/12/1970	Gopinath Kaviraj, Padmavibhushan awardee and critic, passed away.
11/1/1966	Punjab High Court was renamed as Punjab & Haryana High Court. This court was established in Chandigarh for Punjab, Haryana & Chandigarh territory.
7/5/1984	Indian Airlines airbus hijacked, lands in Lahore.
7/5/1984	Akbar captured Ahmednagar.
2/15/1924	Shankarrao Bajirao Patil, great leader of Maharashtra, was born.
10/1/1993	The two helicopters along with the first batch of fifteen personnel were ferried out in an AN-12 from Delhi to Mogadishu. The two helicopters were provided by 111 HU.
11/2/1972	B. D. Pande was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 31-03-1977
2/16/1982	Sibnath Banerjee, great social worker and leader, passed away.
3/1/1775	Purandhar Treaty was singed between Nana Phadnavis and British Army.
3/27/1991	Chautala recommends Assembly dissolution.

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