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Historical Event on 6/3/1947
British Government issued the partition plan, which was worked out by Lord Louis Mountbatten in New Delhi and was accepted by both Muslim League and Congress. The salient features of the partition were, 1) Provices of Bengal and Punjab to be divided., 2) The Indians will form the constitution of India and it will only be applicable in the areas where people accept it., 3) The province of Baluchistan shall adopt proper ways to decide its future., 4) 562 Princely States shall be free to decide their own future., 5) Referendum shall be held in N.W.F.P. and Assam., 6) The Governor General of both countries shall be the executive head of their respective countries., 7) Military assets shall be divided between the two countries and 8) Red Cliff Mission was setup, to demarcate the boundaries of the two countries. India would become free on 15th August 1947.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
12/15/1988 | Landslide victory for GNLF in Darjeeling Gorkha Hill Council elections. |
5/6/2000 | Benoy Krishna Chowdhury (89), veteran freedom fighter and prominent CPI(M) leader, died at a Government Hospital in Calcutta. |
12/17/1938 | Charuchandra Bandopadhyay, famous Bengali story writer and novelist, died. |
1/6/1993 | India and Bhutan sign agreement on the giant Sankosh hydro-electric project. |
2/9/1991 | India holds the last decennial census of the century. |
7/21/1995 | Sajjad Husain, famous film music director, passed away. |
11/25/1975 | Chandulal Shah, film maker, passed away. |
8/25/1959 | Jawaharlal Nehru, Prime Minister, declares in New Delhi that India will defend Bhutan and Sikkim if attacked by China. |
1/18/1997 | Pulse Polio Immunisation Programme Phase II begins. |
7/14/1636 | Aurangzeb was appointed as Shahjahan by Viceroy of Deccan. |
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