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Historical Event on 7/1/1947
British Parliament passes the India Independence Act and fixes August 15 for the transfer of power.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 3/4/1990 | V. P. Singh resigns as party president, but asked to continue. |
| 9/21/1994 | Ramkrishna Bajaj, freedom fighter and veteran industrialist, passed away. |
| 2/27/1956 | G. V. Mavlankar, first speaker of Lok Sabha, passed away. |
| 11/23/1919 | Sitaram Mahadeo Bapat, teacher and author, was born at Miraj in district Sangli. |
| 8/15/1949 | Chandernagore joins the Indian Union. Panchayati Raj inaugurated in 114,000 villages. |
| 11/29/1945 | Ugoslaviya in Rajshahi was ended. |
| 4/24/1973 | Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar, cricketer (prodigy at 16, Indian capt at 23), was born in Bombay. |
| 9/1/1989 | Yasser Arafat chosen for the 1988 Jawaharlal Nehru Award for International Understanding. |
| 11/1/1954 | French handed over their territories of Pondicherry, Mahe, Karikal and Yanon to the Government of India. |
| 1/3/1997 | Olympian Jaspal Rana sets new national mark in junior men's sports pistol 25 metres in National Shooting in Asansol. |
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