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Historical Event on 9/1/1947

Mahatma Gandhi undertakes a fast for unity among Hindus and Muslims. He breaks the fast after 73 hours when peace is restored.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/2/2000Om Prakash Chautala, Indian National Lok Dal supremo, sworn in the 18th Chief Minister of Haryana.
4/2/1980S. S. Grewal was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 30-04-1981.
2/22/1947Nehru welcomes British independence offer, invites Muslims to join at New Delhi.
2/6/1932Veena Das, revolutionary freedom fighter, shot Stenly Jackson, Governor of Calcutta at the convocation ceremony of B.A. degree, but Jackson was afraid and bend down, thus the aim was missed.
2/27/1854Lord Dalhousie captured Jhansi under the East India Company.
8/21/1997Krishan Kant assumes office as tenth Vice President of India.
3/20/1993Memon brothers, the prime suspects in the Bombay bomb blasts, escape from Dubai.
2/8/1785Warren Hastings, British Viceroy, left  India.
2/12/1928Lalit Mohan Sharma, former Chief Justice of Supreme Court, was born.
5/23/1990Banarasi Das Gupta elected CM of Haryana following Om Prakash Chautala's resignation.