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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
7/17/1930Lord Irwin,British Viceroy, allows Indian moderates to visit Gandhi in prison.
12/11/1958Wilson Jones became India's first individual World Champion when he won the Amateur Billiards Championship.
1/1/1965This year was announced to be observed as the ""Year of International Co-operation"".
11/15/1993IA Airbus with 272 on board forcelands on a paddy field near Tirupati; all passengers safe.
9/24/1992Karnataka High Court stays government order granting permission to open nine private engineering colleges.
3/11/1992Dr. Anita B. Bose-Pfaff, daughter of Netaji, declines to accept the 'Bharat Ratna' conferred on her father.
8/20/1997Lata Mangeshkar receives the Fifth Rajiv Gandhi National Sadbhavana Award from the President.
7/2/1757Nawab Siraj-ud-Daula was captured and assassinated. He was stabbed with a knife by Muhammad Beg at the instance of Miran, son of Mir Zafar.
9/3/1999India launches a new phase of military modernisation after the Kargil conflict.
10/18/1980The first Himalayan Car Rally of 5,377.9 km was started from Brabourne Stadium, Bombay with 74 starters.