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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 |
| 10/3/1996 | National Conference swept back to power in J & K with a landslide victory. |
| 5/15/1999 | The BJP and at least 13 of its allies rename themselves the National Democratic Alliance. |
| 8/2/1781 | Sakharambapu Bokeel, great politician in Maratha kingdom, died. |
| 6/21/1994 | The Janata Dal splits again, 14 of its 39 Lok Sabha members seek separate seats as a group. |
| 12/29/1953 | The States Reorganisation Commission. |
| 5/10/1901 | Sir Jagdish Chandra Bose, Indian scientist, in the hall of the Royal Society, London, which was packed with eminent scientists today on May 10, 1901 proved that ""plants and animal have similar touch sense"". |
| 10/30/1887 | Sukumar Roy, famous Bengali children's litterateur, was born. |
| 4/15/1948 | Purushottamdas Tandon was honoured with the title of 'Rajashri' at a huge rally by Devaraha Baba. He was awarded the Prestigious 'Bharat Ratna' award. |
| 8/15/1985 | Accord reached on the Assam foreign nationals issue, agitation called off. |
| 12/3/1882 | Nandalal Bose, great Indian painter and master, was born in Bengal. |
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