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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
10/27/1907Brahma Bandhav Upadhyay died.
2/15/1924Shankarrao Bajirao Patil, great leader of Maharashtra, was born.
11/1/1966Haryana state was created from Punjab, and Chandigarh was declared as the Union Territory and capital of both Punjab and Haryana.
5/18/1974First underground Atomic device explosion for India was carried out successfully near Pokhran in Rajasthan (Thar Desert) at 8:05 a.m. This event made India as the 6th nation to explode an atomic bomb.
10/5/1864Cyclone destroyed most of Calcutta city in which approximately 50,000 people died.
3/30/1994Bombay beat Bengal by 8 wickets to win Cricket's Ranji Trophy.
3/31/1972Meena Kumari, famous film actress, passed away.
6/1/1998The Prasar Bharati Bill is introduced in the Lok Sabha to revive the Prasar Bharati Act, 1990.
3/3/1997Senior Officials Meeting of Indian Ocean Rim (IOR) countries begins in Mauritius.
1/2/1932Sant Harchand Singh Longowal, famous Ragi and reluctant politician, was born in Sangrur's backward Gadarhiani village.