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Historical Event on 5/5/1947

Gandhiji denies in an interview that communal division of India is inevitable.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/8/1923Plague in India killed 1,000 in past week.
5/1/1999India retained the SAFF Coca-Cola football title in Margao, beating Bangladesh in the final.
7/16/1997Kamal Hassan gets best actor award for ''Indian'' while Tabu bags best actress award for ''Maachis''.
8/10/1989Panchayatraj' and 'Nagarpalika' bills were passed in Parliament's Lok Sabha.
10/24/1997Kerala bans ragging in educational institutions by an ordinance.
2/3/1873Prabhatkumar Mukhopadhyay, famous Bengali short story writer and novelist, was born.
1/9/1997John Major, British Prime Minister, addresses plenary session of the 'Partnership Summit' organised in Calcutta by the Confederation of Indian Industry.
2/27/1992Narasimha Rao elected Congress (I) President in the party poll held after a gap of 20 years.
3/28/1991IAF men die in an air crash in Bangalore.
12/15/1859S. Kasturiranga Ayengar, owner of Hindu newspaper, was born.