MAPS OF HISTORY · ON THIS DAY · August 15
THE DAY IN HISTORY · AUGUST 15
August 15 in history
1945
For the first time, Japan hears its Emperor’s voice on the radio: the war is over. In the colonies, other struggles are already beginning.
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1947 — Delhi — freedom at midnight
15 Aug 1947 — “At the stroke of the midnight hour, when the world sleeps, India will awake to life and freedom.” Nehru’s tryst with destiny is real — and the trains from Punjab are already arriving full of the dead.
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