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Historical Event on 7/1/1947

Independence of India Bill passed.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/23/1962Union government sets up an Indian National Committee for Space Research (INCOSPAR) formed by the Department of Atomic Energy and work on Thumba Equatorial Rocket Launching Station (TERLS) started.
7/2/1938Chandra K. N. Patel was born at Baramati near Pune. In 1974, he was the youngest scientist to be elected to the US National Academy of Sciences. Besides, he is the recipient of the Ballantine Medal, The Worykin Award and The lamme Medal. Chandra K. N. Patel is the Executive Director of one of the divisions of the AT&T Bell Laboratories, USA.
1/20/1684Treaty between Marathas and Portuguese.
11/13/1917Gajanan Madhav, famous modern Hindi poet, critic and storywriter, was born.
7/25/1929Somnath Chatterjee, politician and lawyer, was born.
3/20/1977General Election (6th) of India ends. First time Indian National Congress Party lost in India.
3/29/1939Hanumant Singh, cricketer (14 Tests for India-century on debut), was born in Banswara.
3/1/1990BJP swept to power in Madhya Pradesh and Himachal Pradesh, shares power with JD in Gujarat and Rajasthan.
11/19/1994Aishwarya Rai, selected 'Miss World' at the age of 21 in the beauty contest held at the 44th convention at Sun City, South Africa .
1/27/1926Arunkumar Vaidya, former General of Indian Army, was born.