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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 |
| 3/15/1997 | Lok Sabha passes Income Tax (Amendment) Bill, 1997. |
| 5/23/1947 | The U.K. Cabinet today took the historic step of agreeing to Lord Mountbatten's proposal for the partition of India into two states, one Muslim and the other Hindu. The Viceroy is to have a series of talks with Lord Listowel, the Secretary for India. |
| 7/21/1658 | Aurangzeb celebrated his being the emperor of Mugal Empire at Delhi. He was informally enthroned. |
| 5/24/1999 | Noted wrestling coach Dronacharya awardee Guru Hanuman passed away in a road accident near Meerut. |
| 10/20/1961 | B. S. Guha, famous human scientist, died. |
| 1/12/1990 | Upper age limit for Civil Services Examination raised from 26 to 28 years. |
| 10/17/1915 | Virendra Kumar Jain, great Hindi writer, was born in Mandsaur. |
| 2/27/1956 | G. V. Mavlankar, first speaker of Lok Sabha, passed away. |
| 1/20/1957 | First Indian Atomic Reactor ""Apsara"" at Trombay, Mumbai, was dedicated to the nation. |
| 1/20/1952 | Vasant Patankar, famous Marathi writer, was born. |
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