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Historical Event on 9/1/1947

Indian Standard Time was adopted.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/19/1998Abdul Rauf Seddiopui, Samajwadi Party leader, is shot dead near Jadharpur village in Bareilly district.
2/1/1942No. 4 Squadron of the IAF was born in the war at Peshawar. The Squadron was first equipped with Lysander aircraft. The Second World War was in its third year and Japanese forces were advancing towards India's eastern frontiers.
10/23/1959Chinese military confrontation with India in Aksai Chin killed 17 Indian soldiers in a clash on the Kashmir border.
9/12/1779Garibdas, follower of Saint Kabir and founder of 'Garib Panth', died.
2/19/1974Bombay High Oil stock was found in the sea near Mumbai.
11/30/1999The disinvestment panel headed by G. V. Ramakrishna demits office after the end of its three-year term.
11/12/1997India elected to executive board of UNESCO.
12/27/1998Churches and missionary schools come under attack and many were injured in a fresh outbreak of communal violence in Surat and Dangs district of Gujarat even as the Bajrang Dal and the Vishwa Hindu Parishad announce the stepping up of their stir against the alleged conversion of Hindus.
9/12/1962Raghav Rangayya, famous Hindi poet, story writer and novelist, died.
7/17/1974J.P. Narain leads an agitation for dissolution of the Bihar Assembly.