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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
7/12/1949Dutch KLM Constellation crashes near Bombay, 45 die.
7/15/1986India protests against China's intrusion of six to seven km into the Indian territory in Arunachal Pradesh.
4/30/1977Nine Congress-ruled states placed under President's rule. Janata Party formed.
7/17/1974J.P. Narain leads an agitation for dissolution of the Bihar Assembly.
8/8/2000The Government appoints Air Marshal P. Rajkumar to head the court of enquiry to probe the Alliance Air crash near Patna.
2/14/199813 bomb blasts take place in Coimbatore an hour before the BJP president Advani was to address a campaign meeting; 52 people killed.
3/1/1987A Pakistani official quoted as saying, ""Pakistan has nuclear bomb capabilities at New Delhi"".
1/18/1948Gandhi breaks 121-hour fast in New Delhi, after halting of Muslim-Hindu riots in Calcutta. He breaks the fast on security pledges from communal leaders who ""Peace Pledge"" to Gandhiji.
3/11/1984India's first modern boas `Jalusha' started from Vishakhapattanam.
2/2/1949Press Trust of India' was established.