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Historical Event on 1/12/1948

Gandhiji decides to fast for communal peace in Delhi for communal riots which broke between Hindus and Muslims at Calcutta. Mountbatten fails to dissuade Gandhiji.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/24/1952The first International Film Festival of India held in Bombay, this event had a great impact on Indian Cinema.
6/5/1923Santosh Kumar Kisku Rev, great educationist and social worker, was born.
12/22/1928An Alpine Romance', a 709 feet long sound film produced by Universal Picture Corporation, America, was the first sound film censored at Bombay on December 22. The other sound films censored on the same day were 'The Brox Sisters' and 'Bailey and Barnum.'
2/18/1945Kal Yug' era passed away.
5/26/1997Government decides to allow the use of environment-friendly LPG as a motor vehicle fuel.
12/1/1994Assembly elections in Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka.
2/12/2000Ashok Shandilya wins the men's title in the National Billiards championship in Bangalore.
3/28/1997India and Pakistan, represented by Salman Haider and Shamshad Ahmed, Foreign Secretaries, hold official talks on issues at New Delhi.
2/20/1987Mizoram and Arunachal Pradesh becomes the 23rd and 24th states of Indian Union.
6/4/1903Gandhiji established the weekly journal ""Indian Opinion"" organised at Phoenix farm near Durban.