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Historical Event on 8/1/1947
Partition of India into India and Pakistan. Power transferred. Lord Mountbatten becomes Governor General of India and Muhammed Ali Jinnah, Governor General of Pakistan.

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3/30/1988	Tamil Nadu beat Railways by an innings and 144 runs to win Ranji Trophy.
7/29/1995	Anup Jalota, famous Bhajan and Ghazal singer, was born.
10/15/1990	Bharat Ratna, India's highest award, was given to Dr. Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela (b-1918), the South African black nationalist leader who arrived in India on a five-day visit. He is the first non-Asian to get this honour.
3/21/1993	The 68 km Mangalore-Udupi stretch of the west coast Konkan rail line opened by the PM.
1/2/1973	General S. H. F. J. Manekshaw appointed as Field Marshall.
8/12/1988	S. R. Bommai elected Karnataka CM.
7/20/1993	British parliament ratifies the Indo-British extradition treaty.
5/13/1956	Acharya Vinoba Bhave started the Bhoodan campaign in Tiruvellore.
6/10/1888	Balraj Bhalla, revolutionary, was born.
12/3/1884	Dr. Rajendra Prasad, first President of India, was born in Jeradei village of Bihar.

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Historical Event on 8/1/1947 Partition of India into India and Pakistan. Power transferred. Lord Mountbatten becomes Governor General of India and Muhammed Ali Jinnah, Governor General of Pakistan.

Historical Event on 8/1/1947
Partition of India into India and Pakistan. Power transferred. Lord Mountbatten becomes Governor General of India and Muhammed Ali Jinnah, Governor General of Pakistan.