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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
12/21/1903Bhalchandra Digambar Garware, famous industrailist, was born.
6/2/1975India's First Spunge Iron project inaugurated at Vijaywada.
1/7/1761Third Battle of Panipat: Ahmed Shah Abdali, the ruler of Afghanistan, defeats the Marathas; Maratha imperialism checked.
10/19/1910Subrahamanyam Chandrasekhar was born in Lahore. He was one of the world's leading astrophysicists. For his contributions to the study of stars, Chandrasekhar had received the highest award in Science, the Noble Prize in Physics in 1983.
8/3/1996Leander Paes wins a bronze (tennis) at Atlanta, bringing India an Olympic medal after a gap of 16 years.
5/7/1994Dr. S.P. Tripathy, Director-General of ICMR, retired after 32 years of distinguished service in the ICMR, and Dr. G.V. Satyavati took over as the new Director-General of ICMR in July 1994. She became the first woman scientist in the country to head not only ICMR but any Research agency in independent India.
12/4/1998Christians across the country observe a protest day against the recent attacks on the community and its institutions.
3/23/1942Second World War was turning against the British and they needed the help of the Indians. So Prime Minister Churhill sent a delegation under Sir Stafford Cripps (Cripps Mission) to hold talks with the Indian leaders on the future of the subcontient in UK, which could not take place because of the non-cooperation movement and they left after a fortnight. They submitted their report in April 1942 which was rejected by the Congress and Muslim League.
6/25/2000The Government agrees to the bifurcation of the Telecom Ministry.
6/1/1980AIADMK wins Tamil Nadu Assembly election; Congress (I) wins in U.P, M.P, Gujarat, Rajasthan, Punjab, Maharashtra and Orissa.