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Historical Event on 9/1/1947

Indian Standard Time was adopted.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/31/1993Air Chief Marshal Nirmal Chandra Suri PVSM, AVSM, VM, ADC. retired as the Air Officer Commanding, India Command.
1/14/1851Peshwa Bajirao Raghunath, last Peshwa of Marathas, passed away at Brahmawart.
10/1/1997Parliamentarian and All-India Forward Bloc general secretary, Chitta Basu died during his journey by Howrah-bound Danaput Express from Patna. He was 72.
11/22/1773Robert Clive, English occupier (India), passed away at the age of 48.
1/14/1980Indira Gandhi was sworn in as the Prime Minister of India. She held the office till she was assassinated on October 31, 1984.
9/21/1984National Bureau of Animal Genetic Resources and National Institute of Animal Genetics were set up. These institutes were initially located in the campus of southern regional station of National Dairy Research Institute, Bangalore. They were then shifted to Karnal in July 1985.
11/7/1998Jiwan Singh Umrangal (84), Akali leader and former Punjabi Minister, dies in hospital in Beas.
9/15/1999Palvai Purushottam, the sitting Sirpur MLA and TDP candidate, shot dead.
9/22/1970Bandopadhyay Shardendu, modern Bengali poet, died.
9/25/1899Narhar Gangadhar Apte, great Hindi writer, was born at Satara.