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Historical Event on 8/15/1949

Chandernagore joins the Indian Union. Panchayati Raj inaugurated in 114,000 villages.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/1/2000Lt. Gen. Padmanabhan to be new Army chief replacing Gen. V. P. Malik.
10/15/1997Arundhati Roy (37), Delhi-based author wins Britain's most prestigious literary award 'Booker Prize' for her novel "The God of Small Things'
1/11/1613Emperor Jahangir in a proclamation permitted East India Company to establish factories in Surat. And the first British factory was established under Thomas Aldworth.
6/9/1948Laloo Prasad Yadav, former Chief Minister of Bihar, was born.
10/16/1788Maratha's crowned Shahaalam as king of Delhi.
10/16/1788Amir Timur of Timur Lang invaded India with 92 squadrons of horses and 90,000 cavalry and reached the banks of Sindhu river near Atak city (now in Pakistan). He then attacked Delhi because its Muslim Sultanate was too tolerant of Hindu idolatry. A Mongolian follower of Sufism, he was one of the most ruthless of all conquerors. Timur crossed the Indus River at Attock (now in Pakistan) on 24 September 1398.
8/17/1848Romesh Chunder Dutt, great political leader, writer and social worker, was born.
2/25/1998Tendulkar's first first-class 204* for Mumbai vs Australia.
12/28/1981Salman Rushdie is awarded the Booker Prize for Midnight's Children.
12/28/1981Babur Shah was declared as the Emperor of Dehli.



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