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Historical Event on 4/15/1947

Issues with Jinnah a joint appeal for communal peace.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/23/1985Air India Jumbo Jet Boeing 747 'Kanishka' which was travelling to Mumbai from Montreal crashed into the Atlantic Ocean after explosion near Ireland. 329 people on board died.
2/14/1922Bhimsen Joshi, great singer and composer, was born.
8/28/1994Three medical officers of the Field Ambulance unit were killed when the Indian contingent was trying to stem the war in Somalia.
2/25/1998Tendulkar's first first-class 204* for Mumbai vs Australia.
1/27/1996'Prithvi', surface-to-surface missile, test-fired successfully.
7/12/1960Bhagalpur University was established in Bihar.
7/29/1979Choudhary Charan Singh was sworn in as the fifth Prime Minister of India heading the Janata (S)-Congress coalition. He held this office till January 14, 1980. Jagjivan Ram became the leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha.
6/12/1975Drugaprasad Dhar, former deputy president of Planning Commission, died.
1/2/1754Robert Clive again attacked and annexed Calcutta from Nawab Siraj-ud-Daulah.
7/27/1993Rao government defeats the no-confidence motion by 265-251 votes. Seven of the JD (A) vote with government as JD (A) and AIADMK decide to vote for no-confidence motion.