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16 August 16, 1947 (Saturday) 17 August 17, 1947 ... English. Read; Edit; View history; Tools. ... The following events occurred in August 1947:
The next day, Jinnah announced 16 August 1946 would be "Direct Action Day" and warned Congress, "We do not want war. If you want war we accept your offer unhesitatingly. We will either have a divided India or a destroyed India." [17] The Muslim League had thus said “goodbye to Constitutional methods” and was ready to “create trouble”. [28]
August 16 1947 (also marketed as 1947) is a 2023 Indian Tamil-language historical drama film written and directed by N.S. Ponkumar. It is produced by AR Murugadoss , Om Prakash Bhatt, Narsiram Choudhary under A. R. Murugadoss Productions, Purple Bull Entertainment,and God Bless Entertainment.
The March of Time was based on a news documentary and dramatization series, also called The March of Time, that was first broadcast on CBS Radio in 1931. Produced by Madison Avenue advertising agency, Batten, Barton, Durstine & Osborn (BBDO), the series was designed to cross promote Time magazine on the radio. [2]
In November 1947, the paramilitary force of Gilgit Scouts stationed at Gilgit rebelled against the princely state of Jammu and Kashmir, soon after it acceded to the Indian Union. Under the command of a British officer Major William Brown , they executed a coup d'etat, overthrew the governor Ghansara Singh, and imprisoned him.
News cameramen, Washington, DC, 1938 January 31, 1946 report on Fort Monmouth army engineers sending a radar signal to the moon. Silent news films were shown in cinemas from the late 19th century. In 1909 Pathé started producing weekly newsreels in Europe. Pathé began producing newsreels for the UK in 1910 and the US in 1911. [2]
Counterattack was a weekly subscription-based newsletter published from 1947 to 1955, with an emphasis on anti-communist content and organizing boycotts or other actions against those who were accused of communist associations or sympathies.
1947 – Carol Moseley Braun, American lawyer and politician, United States Ambassador to New Zealand; 1947 – Katharine Hamnett, English fashion designer; 1948 – Earl Blumenauer, American politician, U.S. Representative from Oregon; 1948 – Barry Hay, Indian-born Dutch rock musician; 1948 – Mike Jorgensen, American baseball player and ...