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Historical Event on 3/23/1947

Lord Mountbatten was sent as a Viceroy to India who was designated to free India.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/23/1995First ever cellular phone service begins in Calcutta.
9/30/1989INS Shalki, India's first indigenously built submarine, launched in Bombay.
5/29/1947Establishment of Indian Standard Institution.
12/15/1932Tirunellai Narayana Iyer Seshan, Chief Election Commissioner of India, was born.
10/16/1983Harish Chandra, great Indian scientist, died. His work in a narrow branch of modern mathematics led to its developement to such an extent that it drew the attention of mathematicians all over the world.
2/22/1858Gannau resident of Samosa Gali in Delhi, arrested for revolutionary activities, was hanged.
4/7/1993Narsimha Rao,PM, arrives in Bangkok on a three-day visit to Thailand.
1/1/1987United Nations General Assembly announced this year to be observed as the ""International Year of Shelter for the Homeless"". (5-10-87).
8/2/1919Bharat Bhushan Agrawal, famous poet and winner of Sahitya Academy Award, 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.