History Of 15 August | On This Day In World
In the history of the World, some other important events recorded on the date of 15 August are as follows: -
➧ 1519: Panama city built.
➧ 1772: East India Company decides for separate civil and criminal court in different districts.
➧ 1854: The East India Railway ran the first passenger train from Calcutta (now Kolkata) to Hooghly, although it officially began operations in 1855.
➧ 1872: Arvind Ghosh, a freedom fighter, poet, ecclesiastical scholar, yogi and great philosopher versatile.
➧ 1886: Death of Guru Ramakrishna Paramahamsa alias Gadadhar Chatterjee, the great saint and thinker of India.
➧ 1907: Established as part of the Indian Bank - Swadeshi movement.
➧ 1938: Pran Kumar Sharma, the famous cartoonist who created the 'Chacha Chaudhary' cartoon character, was born.
➧ 1945: Korean Liberation Day is celebrated
➧ 1947: India gained independence from British rule. Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru was sworn in as the first Prime Minister of independent India.
➧ 1947: Raksha Bravery Award - Establishment of Paramvir Chakra, Mahavir Chakra and Vir Chakra.
➧ 1975: Military Revolution in Bangladesh.
➧ 1950: 20 to 30 thousand people died due to 8.6 earthquake in India.
➧ 1971: Bahrain became independent from British rule.
➧ 1972: Postal index number ie PIN code is implemented.
➧ 1979: Faridabad became the 12th district of Haryana.
➧ 1982: Nationwide color broadcast and TV national program launched
➧ 1990: Successful launch of the ground-to-air missile Akash.
➧ 2004: Lara becomes the fastest batsman to score 10,000 runs.
➧ 2007: An earthquake of 8.0 magnitude killed more than 500 people in the central coastal region of the South American country of Peru.
➧ 2008: On the occasion of Independence Day, President Pratibha Patil unveiled the statue of freedom fighter Shaheed Bhagat Singh in the Parliament House complex.
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