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Historical Event on 7/1/1947
British Parliament passes the India Independence Act and fixes August 15 for the transfer of power.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 3/16/1880 | Parshuram Rajshekhar Basu, famous Bengali writer, was born. |
| 11/11/1991 | Supreme Court declares the Anti-Defection Law as constitutional but holds that decisions of Presiding Officers under the law could be subjected to judicial review. |
| 2/21/1952 | The XV Indian Olympic Games in Madras. |
| 6/22/1994 | L. V. Prasad, father of South Indian film industry, died. |
| 1/29/1953 | Indian National Academy of Dance, Drama and Music inaugurated. |
| 11/7/1900 | Ranga N.G, professor and politician, was born. |
| 5/11/1965 | The first of two cyclones in less than a month kills 35,000 people in the country. |
| 11/18/1973 | Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram, Pondicherry, passed away. She came to India in 1914. |
| 9/4/1999 | Umesh Chandra, Assistant Inspector General of Police, shot dead by the PWG in Hyderabad. |
| 7/24/1992 | Universal Poetry Foundation' was established at Pune. |
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