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Historical Event on 8/15/1947

The Defence department becomes the Ministry of Defence under a Cabinet Minister. Each service was placed under its own Commander-in-Chief. Under the Constitution, the supreme command of the Armed Forces was vested with the President.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/19/1950U. N. Assembly rejects Indian-Soviet proposal to admit Communist China in New York.
7/2/1928Nandkishor Bal, great Odia poet, passed away.
1/18/1938The last batch of the political prisioners sailed back to the mainland from the Cellular Jail.
10/12/1860Sir Henry G W Smith, leader of British-Indian forces, passed away at the age of 73.
4/1/1962Maharashtra State Finance Corporation started its operations.
4/6/1993Divya Bharati, famous Hindi film actress (Deewana), died at the age of 19.
2/23/1997Successful test firing of the 250-km version of the Prithvi missile.
6/5/1966Indian rupee devalued by 36.5 percent.
3/18/1996President confers gallantry awards on 65 personnel of the defence forces.
10/30/1883Swami Dayanand Saraswati, founder of Arya Samaj, died in Ajmer.