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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
10/28/1998Ghulam Ahmed, former Indian cricket captain, died in Hyderabad.
8/19/1916Dr. Shankar Dayal Sharma, former President of India, was born.
8/17/1985Rajiv Gandhi announces Punjab state elections in India.
1/27/2000K.R. Narayanan, President, opposes any tinkering with the Constitution.
11/21/1947First postal stamp of indepedent India of three and half annas denomination was started. Major General Cariappa took over from Lieutenant General Sir Francies Tulker as the Army Commander, Eastern Command, in the rank of Lieutenant General.
6/3/1844Balkrishna Bhatt, essay writer, critic and journalist in Hindi, was born.
5/1/1987The Bofors Deal.
1/30/1993Congress (I) MLA in Andhra Pradesh P. Balaraju and eight officials kidnapped by the outlawed People's War Group in Visakhapatnam district.
9/13/1984Swami Brahmanand died. He established Brahmanand Inter College (1938), Brahmanand Sanskrit Mahavidyalaya (1943) and Brahmanand Mahavidyalaya (1960). He joined the freedom movement and participated in Salt Satyagraha, Non Cooperation Movement and Quit India Movement.
4/28/1952The war between Japan and India ended.