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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 |
| 1/22/1760 | In the battle at Wandiwash (India), after their victory against the French, the British virtually had no European opponent left in India. |
| 1/22/1760 | Saint Gora Kumbhar, an intense devotee of the deity Vitthal at Pandharpur, took Samadhi in Ter village in Osmanabad Zilla, near Latur. |
| 1/2/1991 | Thiruvananthapuram airport declared India's fifth International Airport. |
| 9/8/1997 | English chosen as the official language of Dravidian University which was set up at Kuppam (Andhra Pradesh) jointly by the southern states. |
| 7/3/1941 | Adoor Gopalakrishnan, cinematographer (Kathapurushan, Mathulikal), was born. |
| 11/15/1621 | Jahangir captured Kakda Fort. |
| 1/16/1985 | Balram Jakhar elected Speaker of the Lok Sabha. |
| 2/1/1827 | Gordon's Esplanade building was established in Calcutta's Bengal Club. |
| 6/24/1991 | Two LIC officers burnt to death in Kashmir. |
| 6/24/1991 | ShahJahan, Mughal emperor of India, was born at Lahore. |
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