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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
5/19/1991	About 20 crore voters go to the polls in the first phase of election in 204 constituencies of the 10th Lok Sabha.
7/23/1997	India decides to sign U.N. Convention against torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment.
11/8/1991	K.P.S. Gill reappointed DGP in Punjab.
3/1/1905	Karmaveer Bhausaheb Hire was born.
4/19/1996	AIDS deleted from the list of contagious diseases in the Railway Act of 1989.
3/27/1993	Hari Singh from Haryana hijacks an IA plane, but surrender after 8 hours.
1/29/1994	Air India and Indian Airlines converted into companies.
10/3/1999	India finished with seven silver and four bronze medals in the Asian Junior Athletic Championship in Singapore.
7/18/1998	The Maharashtra Government bans the controversial Marathi play on Nathuram Godse, assassin of Mahatma Gandhi. It was produced by Mr. Udhay Dhurat.
2/12/1995	Maramon Centenary Convention, (the biggest Christian gathering in Asia) begins in Kerala.

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