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Historical Event on 9/2/1947

Gandhiji is mobbed in Calcutta house; gives up idea of Noakhali visit. Peace efforts intensified.

Other Historical Dates and Events
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10/16/1976Jalgaon Radio Station started broadcasting.
3/7/1961Govind Ballabh Pant passed away. He had served eight years as the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh. He was bestowed with Bharat Ratna in 1959.
2/10/1943Gandhi begins hunger strike to protest imprisonment. This strike lasted for 21 days till March 3.
5/23/1984Bachendri Pal, an employee of Tata Iron and Steel Co. Limited at Jamshedpur, conquers the summit of Mount Everest to become the first Indian woman and the fifth women in the world to achieve this feat.
9/6/1996CBI arrests four Jharkhand Mukti Morcha leaders in bribery case.
9/10/1999Sonia Gandhi files her nomination papers for the Amethi Lok Sabha constituency.
3/1/2000P.Harikrishna becomes India's youngest International Master in the Sangli International chess tournament.