15 August 1772 – The East India Company decided to separate civil and criminal courts in different districts.
15 August 1855 – The East India Railway ran the first passenger train from Calcutta (now Kolkata) to Hooghly in 1854.
15 August 1907 – Indian Bank – was established on 15 August as part of the Swadeshi Movement
15 August 1947 – Independence Day – India got independence from the British on this day.
15 August 1947 – Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru took oath as the first Prime Minister of independent India.
15 August 1950 – In India 20 to 30 thousand people died due to an earthquake of magnitude 8.6
15 August 2008 – On the occasion of Independence Day, President Pratibha Patil unveiled the statue of freedom fighter Shaheed Bhagat Singh in Parliament House Complex
15 August 1979 – Faridabad became the 12th district of Haryana on this day.
15 August 1982 – The national program of nationwide colour broadcasting and TV was inaugurated in Delhi.
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