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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 |
| 8/21/1987 | Dr. Shankar Dayal Sharma elected the Vice President of India (1987 - 1992). |
| 7/25/1938 | Gautam Kalicharan, famous Hindi poet, was born. |
| 6/5/1998 | Ali Sardar Jafri, Urdu writer, is presented the Jnanpeeth award for 1997. |
| 12/13/1955 | India and the USSR affirm the Panchsheel. |
| 6/24/1989 | A majority of opposition members in the Lok Sabha resign on the issue of CAG report on the Bofors gun deal. |
| 4/17/1990 | Gas explodes on passenger train in Kumrahar, India killing 80 people. |
| 1/10/1997 | The second leg of the Indian Satellite circuit held in Ahmedabad. |
| 4/18/1961 | Pamella Bordes, photographer and model, was born in New Dehli, India. |
| 11/15/1995 | Qiao Shi, Chairman of the standing committee of the Chinese National Peoples' Congress, arrives in New Delhi to advance Sino-Indian relations. |
| 6/5/1974 | Smallpox epidemic in the country. |
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