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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
6/28/1857Nana Sahib proclaimed himself as the Peshwa and called for the total extermination of the British power of India at Bithoor.
3/31/1990Bharat Ratna, India's highest award, was given to Dr. Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar (1841-1956) (Posthumous).
7/10/1996Budget session of Parliament begins.
5/1/1948Baroda State merged into Bombay Province.
5/9/1992Madhu Sapre, Miss India, is crowned the second runner-up at the Miss Universe beauty pageant.
6/23/2000Indian journalist Palagummi Sainath gets Amnesty International Global award for human rights journalism..
3/11/1997Chennai police seize a large quantity of powerful explosives and arrest two Muslim fundamentalists.
8/16/1923Narayan Athavle, famous Marathi litterateur and journalist, was born.
3/1/1917Kartar Singh Duggal, famous author, was born at Dhamyal, Pakistan.
10/4/1986Helicoptor Corporation of India established.