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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
2/3/1983Prime Minister Indira Gandhi laid the foundation stone of Assam's new capital 'Pragjyotishpur'.
8/9/1999India's Manisha Malhotra won the $10,000 ITF women's circuit tournament at Harrisonburg, Virginia for her maiden tour title.
12/12/1959Krishnammachari Srikkanth, cricketer (big-hitting Indian opener 1981-92), was born in Madras.
7/1/1947British Parliament passes the India Independence Act and fixes August 15 for the transfer of power.
6/9/1992LDF wrests Narakal while the UDF retains the Tanur assembly seat in Kerala.
6/2/2000Justice A. M. Ahmadi, former Chief Justice of India, appointed Chairman of the Advisory Committee of the Rajiv Gandhi National Sadbhavana Award.
5/15/1992BSE closed.
3/28/1941Netaji Subhashchandra Bose reached Berlin after his secret underground journey from Calcutta.
6/15/1947All-India Congress accepts British plan for partition of India in New Delhi.
1/3/1921First Indian Parliament meets.