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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 |
| 7/8/1996 | Suspended Dy. Municipal Commisioner Khairnar to be removed by Brihan Mumbai Municipal Corporation. |
| 4/3/1984 | Bombay beat Delhi on first innings to win the Ranji Trophy. |
| 6/14/1958 | Dr. C.V. Raman receives the Lenin Peace Prize in Kremlin. |
| 5/10/1996 | Union Cabinet recommends to President the dissolution of the 10th Lok Sabha. |
| 1/31/2000 | All seven accused in the Jain hawala case discharged. |
| 2/1/1967 | Victor Paramjyoti, famous Indian music director, composer and critic, passed away. |
| 4/19/1998 | Kottayam in Kerala becomes the first district in India to complete computerisation of the talluk offices connecting them with the district headquarters. |
| 2/12/1871 | Charles Freer Andrews, great social worker, humanitarian, leader and a true friend of India, was born in New-Castle-on-Tyne in U.K. |
| 1/20/1871 | Sir Ratanji Jamshedji Tata, famous Indian industrialist, was born. |
| 10/1/1997 | Parliamentarian and All-India Forward Bloc general secretary, Chitta Basu died during his journey by Howrah-bound Danaput Express from Patna. He was 72. |
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