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Historical Event on 7/5/1947
Indian Act, 1947 was presented in British Parliament, which was then accepted by the emperor on 18th July.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 10/23/1959 | Chinese military confrontation with India in Aksai Chin killed 17 Indian soldiers in a clash on the Kashmir border. |
| 4/1/2000 | India wins four golds in the under-14 Youth chess championship in Teheran. |
| 3/21/1939 | Gandhi calls on world to disarm, thinks Hitler would follow. |
| 1/8/1973 | Nanasaheb Parulekar, father of 'Sakal' newspaper, died. |
| 1/14/1980 | Indira Gandhi was sworn in as the Prime Minister of India. She held the office till she was assassinated on October 31, 1984. |
| 12/17/1998 | Jyotirmoyee bags her second gold at the Asian Games, winning the women's 800m. Rosakutty finishes second. Bantamweight pugilist Dingko Singh clinches a gold while Indian pair of Sethi-Shandilya strikes top prize in billiards doubles category. |
| 8/21/1995 | Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar, noted physics scientist, died at the age of 84. He was one of the world's leading astro-physicists for his contributions to the study of stars. Chandrasekhar had received the highest award in Science--the Noble Prize in Physics in 1983. |
| 2/2/1952 | India won first cricket Test Match at Chepauk Stadium, Madras. |
| 8/20/1915 | Devraj Ars, former chief minister of Karnataka, was born. |
| 5/28/1903 | Shantanu L. Kirloskar, great industrialist, was born at Sholapur (Maharashtra). |
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