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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
8/1/1947Saint Gyaneshwar passed away. (Samadhee).
9/19/1962Jawaharlal Nehru was devastated when China began attacks on India's northern frontier leading to Indo-China War.
6/4/1903Gandhiji established the weekly journal ""Indian Opinion"" organised at Phoenix farm near Durban.
4/8/1923Plague in India killed 1,000 in past week.
12/1/1911Dayarnav Raghunath Kopardekar, founder of ""Indrayani Sahitya Prakashan Sanstha"", was born.
12/21/1956The Hindu Adoption Sub-Act 1956 was accepted.
12/1/1990Vijayalaxmi Pandit, first Indian Lady Ambassador and Politician, passed away at the age of 90 years.
3/5/1997Pravin Thipsay wins the United Insurance GM chess tournament in Dhaka.
12/15/1976Daily newspaper ""Lokmat"" published it's first Jalgaon edit
2/16/1997Tribal militants kill 21 persons in Tripura.