On this day:
1947: King George VI signs Indian Independence Act
1968: Intel, the world’s largest semiconductor chip manufacturer, is founded in California
1980: Rohini 1, the first Indian satellite, launches into orbit
Born on this day:
1811: William Makepeace Thackeray, British novelist (Vanity Fair), born in Kolkata
1918: Nelson Mandela, President of South Africa, Nobel Prize laureate
Gone on this day:
1817: Jane Austen, English author of classics like Pride and Prejudice
2012: Rajesh Khanna, “First Superstar of Indian cinema,” dies from kidney problems
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