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Historical Event on 8/23/1947

Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel was sworn is as the Deputy Prime Minister of India.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/20/1978Riots in many Indian cities in protest against Indira Gandhi's imprisonment.
8/1/1963Soviets offer India arms to block China.
6/14/1929Jatindra Nath Das was arrested in Calcutta.
4/1/1993National Aeronautical Laboratory becomes National Aerospace Laboratories.
4/18/1931Lord Willingdon took over as the Viceroy of India.
8/10/1904Japanese troups were defeated by the Russian Amry at Port Aurther.
9/24/1994At least 100 people die after an outbreak of pneumonic plague in the western city of Surat.
6/22/1971Habib Muhammad died.
8/13/1943Chintamanrao Deshmukh was first Indian to be appointed Governor of Reserve Bank.
6/25/1975President Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed signed the declaration of Emergency Rule in India. Prime Minister Indira Gandhi implemented the same very next day.