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Historical Event on 8/15/1947

Brigadier Thakur Mahadeo Singh was the first Indian Commandant. He was the DSO of Indian Militery Academy.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/12/1992India and the US decide to hold joint naval exercises in the Indian ocean.
11/21/1985Ramnath Kenny, cricketer (5 Tests for India 1958-60), passed away.
6/10/1890Sunday introduced as a weekly holiday.
2/16/1911Bhalchandra Gopal Bapat, newspaper editor and educationalist, was born.
4/1/1989Shridhar Madhav Joshi (S. M. Joshi), great socialist leader, passed away.
10/19/1970First Indian-made MIG-21 handed over to the Air Force. Privy purses and privileges of former Indian rulers abolished.
2/27/1941Paddy Ashton, first leader of Britain's Social and Liberal Democrat Party, was born in New Delhi, India.
11/7/1950King Tribhubana Bir Bikram of Nepal flees palace for refuge in Indian Embassy at Kathmandu.
12/25/1889Pandurangi Kodanda Rao, journalist, Hindi writer and social worker, was born in Visakhapatnam, A.P.
6/8/1999ATP announced Paes-Bhupathi as No. 1 ranked doubles team. In individual doubles ranking, Bhupathi and Paes were No. 1 and 2 respectively.