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Historical Event on 8/14/1947
Sir Harilal Jekisundas Kania was appinted as the Chief Justice of India. He was in this office till 05/11/1951.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 9/2/1992 | Delhi High Court indicts CBI in Bofors case; FIR and letters rogatory quashed. |
| 7/29/1979 | Choudhary 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. |
| 5/4/1799 | Tipu Sultan is killed in a battle against 5,000 British soldiers who stormed and razed his capital, Seringapatanam. |
| 8/13/1943 | Chintamanrao Deshmukh was first Indian to be appointed Governor of Reserve Bank. |
| 6/18/2000 | K.M. Beenamol breaks P.T. Usha's record in 400m at 51.21 sec in an international meet at Kiev in Ukraine. |
| 9/18/1909 | Kilachand Ramdas, famous merchant, was born. |
| 3/8/1833 | Vishwanath Narayan Mandalik, famous journalist, writer and social reformer, was born. |
| 2/22/1948 | Jayalalitha, chief minister of Tamil Nadu, was born. |
| 8/14/1998 | The Government transferred Revenue Secretary N. K. Singh and Finance Secretary Montek Singh Ahluwalia. |
| 6/6/1969 | Sunil Bandacharya Joshi, cricketer (Indian Test left-arm spinner 1996), was born in Gadag. |
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