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Historical Event on 1/6/1947

All India Congress Commitee accepted the division of country.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/1/1908A.E.T. Barrow, educationist, was born.
2/1/1969Pinaki Chatterji and George Albert Duke on a two-man rowing expedition to the Andamans set out from Calcutta.
2/1/1990Governors named for 14 states.
7/30/1987Rajiv Gandhi escaped an attack on him at Colombo.
6/18/1918A. R. Rajrajvarma, famous poet of Malayalam language, critic and master of grammer, passed away.
1/31/1995ISRO and Intelsat sign a $100 m 10-year-long agreement for leasing some of the capacity of the Indian-built INSAT-2E (scheduled for launch in 1997).
3/30/1949New Union of Greater Rajasthan was ceremonially inaugurated by Patel when the existing Union of Rajasthan was joined by four premier states of Bikaner, Jaipur, Jodhpur and Jaisalmer. Hiralal Shastri became its first Chief Minister.
4/29/1947Abolition of ""untouchability"".
3/22/1947India's Last Viceroy Lord Louise Mountbatten came to India.
9/27/2000The Union Cabinet decides to increase the number of Padma series of awards for excellence in different fields of activities from 60 to 100.