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Historical Event on 5/23/1947
The U.K. Cabinet today took the historic step of agreeing to Lord Mountbatten's proposal for the partition of India into two states, one Muslim and the other Hindu. The Viceroy is to have a series of talks with Lord Listowel, the Secretary for India.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 10/2/1910 | Frank C. Brown, educationist and social worker, was born. |
| 11/12/1946 | Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya died at the age of 85. |
| 4/26/1952 | India says U.N. may disintegrate if powers block consideration of issues in small countries. |
| 7/15/1936 | Hridayanand 'Kumaresh' Tiwari, great Hindi poet and writer, was born in Reoti, U.P. |
| 5/20/1940 | Amar Singh, cricketer (of pneumonia Indian pace bowler 1932-36), passed away. |
| 3/24/1991 | Bhau Samarth, internationaly famed painter, passed away. |
| 1/10/1897 | Wildemar Modecai Haffkine, famous scientist, innoculated himself with vaccine against Plague publicly to demonstrate the harmlessness of the product in Bombay. The method of preparation of this vaccine has remained the same till now for more then hundred years. |
| 12/3/1999 | Bhopal gas victims take out rallies to mark the 15th anniversary of the tragedy. |
| 1/10/1920 | India became member of League of Nations. |
| 11/8/1997 | India lifts Asia Cup tennis title in Delhi. |
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