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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
8/7/1934Gandhi begins a fast for penance following the violent treatment of a Hindu leader by some of his followers.
9/22/1992Harshad Mehta released after 110 days in jail.
2/28/1985M.G. Katre became the director of Central Bureau of Investigation (till 31/10/89).
7/11/1979The Lok Sabha commenced a four-day debate on the no-confidence motion against the 21-month-old Janata Government.
7/31/1938Khalid Anwer Ansari, social worker, was born.
9/12/1934Shantakumar Jagannath Sharma was born in Garhjamula, Distt. Kangra (Himachal Pradesh).
6/17/1674Jijabai, mother of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, died.
7/6/199339 people were killed and three officials abducted in J&K .
8/1/2000One hundred people of Kinnaur, Shimla and Mandi districts of HP die following flash floods in the Sutlej river.
11/5/1950Faiyaj Khan, famous singer of Indian classical music, died.