15 August 1947Deputy Prime MinisterVallabhbhai Patel
Vallabhbhai Patel becomes Deputy Prime Minister and Home Minister in independent India's first government.
Historical records for India in 1947, rendered directly from the World History Database and ordered by month, day and event.
Vallabhbhai Patel becomes Deputy Prime Minister and Home Minister in independent India's first government.
Plans for the independence & partition of India are declared. Gandhi opposes the partition between Muslim Pakistan & Hindu India. 1st day of the existence of the Dominion of India
Gandhi opposes the partition between Muslim Pakistan & Hindu India
Jawaharlal Nehru becomes the first Prime Minister of independent India as the Dominion of India comes into existence.
Maulana Abul Kalam Azad becomes independent India's first Education Minister.
Gandhi opposes the partition between Muslim Pakistan & Hindu India
Gandhi opposes the partition between Muslim Pakistan & Hindu India
Major Somnath Sharma leads his company at Badgam and is killed while resisting an attack threatening Srinagar.
B.R. Ambedkar serves as Law Minister and chairs the Drafting Committee responsible for preparing the Constitution.
Nehru's government commits Indian forces to Kashmir after the princely state accedes to India amid an invasion from Pakistan.
V.K. Krishna Menon is appointed India's High Commissioner in London.
Serves her father, the Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru.
Rajendra Prasad serves in the Interim Government with responsibility for food and agriculture.
B.R. Ambedkar becomes the first Law Minister of independent India.
Gandhi urges Hindus not to retaliate against Muslim attrocities
Gandhi urges Hindus not to retaliate against Muslim attrocities
Nehru's government confronts mass communal violence and refugee movements following the partition of British India.
Vikram Sarabhai founds the Physical Research Laboratory, initially concentrating on cosmic rays and upper-atmosphere research.
Appointed Prime Minister of India, the first under Indian independence.
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