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Historical Event on 5/23/1947
The U.K. Cabinet today took the historic step of agreeing to Lord Mountbatten's proposal for the partition of India into two states, one Muslim and the other Hindu. The Viceroy is to have a series of talks with Lord Listowel, the Secretary for India.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 7/24/1994 | Bodo kills 37 moslems in Bashbari, North Eastern India. |
| 1/9/1996 | PM unveils India's state-of-the-art Main Battle Rank (MBT) `Arjun' at a New Delhi function. |
| 12/16/1990 | Dr. M. Channa Reddy resigned as Andhra Pradesh CM. |
| 6/20/1987 | Dr. Salim Ali, internationally renowned expert of birds, died at Bombay. |
| 4/29/1947 | Abolition of ""untouchability"". |
| 10/19/1905 | Prince and Princess of Wales leave on an official visit to India at London. |
| 5/5/1972 | Loknathan P. S., great economist, passed away. |
| 7/1/1961 | Kalpana Chawla, the first Indian women astronaut (STS 87), was born in Karnal. |
| 6/1/1890 | Sri Seeripi Anjaneyulu, journalist, social reformer and educationist, was born at Dharmavaram, Anantapur. |
| 10/1/1997 | Parliamentarian and All-India Forward Bloc general secretary, Chitta Basu died during his journey by Howrah-bound Danaput Express from Patna. He was 72. |
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