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15 August
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Ustad Amir Khan
Indian classical vocal singer.
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India became independent as Partition divided the subcontinent.
Indian Independence and Partition: One Midnight, Two Countries
At the stroke of midnight on August 15, 1947, India awoke to life and freedom. But as the Union Jack came down, the country was torn apart by…
Read the storyAn earthquake and floods in Assam, India kill 574 and leave 5,000,000 homeless
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ISRO formed
The Indian Space Research Organisation was formed under the Department of Atomic Energy.
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