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Historical Event on 8/1/1947

Partition of India into India and Pakistan. Power transferred. Lord Mountbatten becomes Governor General of India and Muhammed Ali Jinnah, Governor General of Pakistan.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/10/1992Dr. Najma Heptulla re-elected Dy. Chairman of Rajya Sabha.
7/4/1900Swami Shivanand Saraswati, religious leader, was born.
7/31/1996Supreme Court exempts Rao from appearing in CMM court personally.
5/4/1959Nehru rejects proposals that India and Pakistan resolve their differences and set up a common alliance against Communist China.
4/15/1956A combined army and police action against well armed Naga rebels.
8/17/1958Sir John Hubert Marshal, excavator of Mohan-Jo-Daro and Takshashila, died.
2/1/1922Gandhiji gives notice to the Viceroy Lord Reading during Bardoli movement to inform him that he was intensifying his action and non-cooperation was to be escalated to Civil Disobedience.
3/10/193917 villages damaged by hailstones in Hyderabad, India.
6/27/1999India won the four-nation under-21 women's hockey title, defeating England in the final at the Kean University, New Jersey.
4/1/1878Calcutta Museum was opened for general public.