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Historical Event on 7/13/1947

An Indian Independence Bill was moved in the British Parliament on 4th July 1947 which became an 'Act' on 13th July 1947. Two Boundary Commissions under Sir Cyril Radcliff were appointed to demarcate the boundaries of Punjab and Bengal.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/7/1687Mughal army won the Gowalkonda fort. Kutubshahi came to end.
2/4/1990Ernakulam was declared the first totally literate district in India.
12/13/1978Sayyed Avid Husain, litterateur and Padmabhushan awardee, passed away.
12/21/1992BJP-sponsored no-trust motion against the Rao Government defeated 334-106 in the Lok Sabha; Vajpayee ends fast.
3/31/1871Gangadhar Balkrishna Deshpande, freedom fighter and loyal Congress leader 'Lion of Karnataka', was born.
6/13/1932Nirmalchandra Sen, great revolutionary, died.
5/1/1998The Konkan Railway running for 760-km is dedicated to the nation by Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee. This was an extention from Ratnagiri.
4/13/1984Kerala Government drops Silent Valley Project and declares the entire area a national park.
4/24/1944Shivprasad Gupta, philanthropist, freedom fighter and educationist, passed away.
8/13/1993All the TDP MLAs suspended from Andhra Pradesh Assembly.