What was the day of the week on 16th August, 1947?

15th August, 1947 = (1946 years + Period from 1st Jan., 1947 to 15th )

Counting of odd days:

 1600 years have 0 odd day. 300 years have 1 odd day.

 47 years = (11 leap years + 36 ordinary years)= [(11 x 2) + (36 x 1) ]odd days = 58 odd days = 2 odd days.

Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug.

31 + 28 + 31 + 30 + 31 + 30 + 31 + 15 = 227 days = (32 weeks + 3 days) = 3,

Total number of odd days = (0 + 1 + 2 + 3) odd days = 6 odd days.

Hence, the required day was 'Saturday'.