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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
4/8/1894Bankim Chandra Chatterjee, famous novelist and writer of national song 'Vande Mataram', died at the age of 55. Some of his writings are 'Anandmath' and 'Kapal Kundala'.
5/5/1955Indian parliament accept Hindu divorce.
7/15/1992Lucknow High Court stays any construction activity near the disputed temple in Ayodhya.
10/12/1907Durgaprasad Mandelia, famous merchant and industrialist, was born.
4/21/1992UN Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali visits New Delhi.
6/10/1966MIG aeroplanes were designed at Nashik.
9/13/1948Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel took police action on Hyderabad for anti national policy's of Nijam of Hyderabad and Rijvi Rajakar's.
2/25/1903Judge Kailas Nath Wanchoo, chief Justice of Supreme Court of India, was born.
11/18/1988Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev arrives in Delhi on a three-day visit.
10/9/2000The Reserve Bank of India issued bank notes in the denomination of Rs.1000 in the Mahatma Gandhi series bearing the leader's portrait in the watermark and signature of Dr. Bimal Jalan, Governor of the RBI. The length of the note is 177 mm and the width is 73 mm. The notes are printed in a combination of offset and intaglio processes. This is the first note with intaglio printing on it.