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Historical Event on 5/1/1947

Congress Working Committee accepts Partition in principle.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/17/1909Bejoy Kumar Sinha, journalist and social worker, was born at Kanpur.
7/4/1902Swami Vivekanand (Narendra Vishwanath Dutta), Indian religious leader and social reformer, died at Memorial Rock, KanyaKumari. His brilliant career came to a sudden end only at the age of 39.
3/4/1961First Indian aircraft carrier naval fighter vessel ''I.N.S. Vikrant'' was commissioned in Belfast.
6/20/1997Second round of Foreign Secretary-level talks between India and Pakistan starts in Islamabad.
8/29/1998Sachin Tendulkar receives the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award and Joginder Singh Saini receives the Dronacharya award, while several other leading sporstmen receive Arjuna award from President K.R. Narayanan in Delhi.
11/29/1961First cosmonaut of the world, Yuri Gagarin of Russia, came to India.
1/30/1996Mob ransacks Kentucky Fried Chicken outlet in Bangalore.
7/7/1946Gandhiji addressed the A.I.C.C. meeting at Bombay; Congress accepted the Cabinet Mission plan of May 16.
3/31/1992Delhi beat Tamil Nadu in 1st innings to win cricket Ranji Trophy.
7/4/1986Sunil Gavaskar celebrated his 115th Test in cricket at Edgbaston.