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Historical Event on 8/15/1942

Mahadev Haribhai Desai, an activist and Mahatma Gandhi's personal secretary, died of heart failure at Aga Khan's Palace.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/22/1963World Bank loans India $ 67 mil. to improve its railways.
7/20/1986India withdraws from Edinburgh Commonwealth Games.
1/10/199627th International Film Festival of India begins in New Delhi.
2/27/1996Manmohan Singh presents the vote-on-account as part of the interim budget in Lok Sabha for 1996-97 with a Rs. 5000 crore deficit.
8/8/1991India and Soviet Union extend their treaty of peace, friendship and co-operation for 20 more years.
8/6/1965Indian troops invade Pakistan.
11/14/1967Kanakaiya Nayudu Colonel Cottari , cricketer (7 Tests for India in 30's), passed away at Indore.
9/25/1990Sabyasachi Mukherji, Chief Justice of Supreme Court, aged 63, died in London.
5/29/1973Jo Paul Ancheri, Indian Soccer(Football) player, was born in Trichur, Kerala. He was recognised as Indian Player of the Year in 1994.
7/15/1920Earthquake in Delhi.