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Historical Event on 9/1/1947

Indian Standard Time was adopted.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/24/1933Govindjee, famous scientist, was born in Allahabad, U.P. He found cutting plant sections easier than dissection of animals.
6/16/1946Cabinet Mission negotiations were discontinued. Viceroy proposed Interim Government.
6/16/1946A battle was fought at Turkra or Turkra Qasba (in the Balasore district) in which the Afghans were routed.
1/20/1990Dr. Raja Ramanna sworn in Minister of State for Defence.
2/18/1836Swami Ramakrishna Paramahansa(1836-86), was born early morning in Kamarpukur village in Hooghly district, West Bengal. His real name was Gadadhar Chatterji. He was God-intoxicated Bengali Shakta saint, Guru of Swami Vivekananda. He exemplified the bhakti dimension of 'Shakta Universalism'.
7/1/1955Imperial Bank of India was inaugurated and was renamed as State Bank of India.
5/4/1960Washington, Ike signs wheat pact with India for largest U.S. food sale.
5/16/1911Pumping Station of Calcutta was commissioned at Tallah.
2/11/1993Centre bans BJP rally in the capital on February 25.
7/15/1991The 25-day-old Narasimha Rao government wins a vote of confidence in Lok Sabha by securing 241 to 111; 112 abstained.