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Historical Event on 9/2/1947

Gandhiji is mobbed in Calcutta house; gives up idea of Noakhali visit. Peace efforts intensified.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/5/1999Two buses, which were inaugurated from Dhaka, arrive in Calcutta.
1/27/1999P. Krishnamurthy, former Indian wicketkeeper, died in Hyderabad following a cardiac arrest.
3/1/1908Tata Iron & Steel Company was the first steel company to be established in India.
8/14/1947Pakistan was partitioned from India. Gandhiji hailed the following day as one of rejoicing for deliverance from British bondage.
11/16/1877Ardaseer Cursetjee Wadia, professor, pioneer and innovator, died. He was the first Indian who was elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society, London. He introduced lighting by gas and was the first to build ""INDUS"", a steam-ship in India in 1833. He also introduced sewing machine, photography and electro-plat
1/29/1953Dattatreya Balkrishna Kalelkar ""Kaka Saheb"" was appointed as the Chairman of the Backward Classes Commission.
1/18/1998India overtake a Pakistan total of 314 to win one-day final in Dhaka.
4/14/1998Kushabhau Thakre is declared elected BJP president.
4/8/1929Bhagat Singh and Batukeshwar Dutt threw two bombs on the Assembly Hall.
7/7/1943Rasbehari Bose handed over the command of 'Azad Hind Fauz' to Netaji Subhashchandra Bose at Singapore.