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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 |
| 12/31/1929 | At the Lahore session, under the Presidentship of Jawaharlal Nehru, the Congress adopted a resolution of 'Poorna Swaraj' (Complete Independence), the slogan given by Gandhiji. The tricolour flag of freedom was unfurled and 26th January 1930 was decided to be celebrated as Independence day every year. This session led to Civil Disobedience Movement, Dandi March to break the Salt Law, etc. |
| 4/16/1993 | The Supreme Court stays the operation of M.P. High Court's order quashing President's rule in the state. |
| 7/17/1996 | Madras to be known as 'Chennai' henceforth. |
| 11/5/1927 | Lord Irwin, Viceroy of India, met Gandhiji, S.Shriniwas Iyengar and M.A. Ansari Congress leaders at New Delhi. |
| 4/10/1982 | Indian National Satellite (INSAT-1A) launched. First operational multi-purpose communication and meteorology satellite procured from U.S.A.(Cape Canaveral). |
| 7/27/1914 | Kalpana Dutta, great freedom fighter, was born at Chatgaon. (27th July, 1914). |
| 7/4/1997 | Centre frees from its control nine top public sector undertakings, accounting for over Rs. 10,000 crore profits annually, to become global giants by providing them full financial and operational autonomy. This included newsprint and paper from licensing controls. |
| 7/23/1976 | Hari Chand at Montreal sets record for 10,000m in 28.48.72. |
| 6/28/1883 | Shivprasad Gupta, social reformer, politician, leader, philanthropist, freedom fighter and educationist, was born at Varanasi. |
| 12/17/1715 | Banda Bahadur Bairagi surrendered at Gurdaspur of Farrukhsiyar to the Mughal army. |
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