This Day That Year  

oday is the 143rd birthday of test cricket. Today also happens to be the day India beat Australia in Eden Gardens, making the sharpest-ever comeback after being asked to follow on.  

From the first flag-hoisting ceremony to swearing-in of the first prime minister, deputy prime minister and their Cabinet and passing of Indian Independence Bill, here are 10 incidents that occurred on August 15, 1947.

On the occasion of 73rd Independence Day of India, here is a flashback of what happened on August 14 in 1947

With just two days left to celebrate Independence Day, here is a list of five events that happened on August 13, 1947
 

Here are five major happenings that occurred on August 12, 1947. We recall the  days leading to India gaining independence from the British on August 15, 1947