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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
10/1/1967Indian Tourist Development Corporation Limited established.
8/1/1879Achyut Balwant Kolhatkar, famous litterateur and journalist, was born.
12/1/1928The first talkie filmshow, named as 'British Talkies' , was released on December 1, 1928, at Globe Theatres, Calcutta.
2/12/2000Ashok Shandilya wins the men's title in the National Billiards championship in Bangalore.
2/17/1917Fali Mistry, film director and cameraman, was born in Bombay.
9/20/1940Saroj Lalwani, journalist and printing press director, was born.
11/8/2000India wins the men's team title in the World Carrom championship in New Delhi.
2/24/1988Prithvi, India's first Indigenously designed surface-to-surface tactical missile of 250km, was successfully test fired from Sriharikota. India becomes the fifth country to develop such a missile.
2/12/1742Nana Phadnavis, one of the important members of Peshwa kingdom and the Maratha master-diplomat, was born.
4/24/1966Margashayam Venkataramana, cricketer (Indian off-spinner 1989), was born in Secunderabad.