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Historical Event on 9/8/1947

There was little time to celebrate independence in India and Pakistan as large parts of the dominions were paralyzed with fear. Mobs ran wild as Muslims and Hindus battled to death and turned streets into rivers of blood.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/7/198161 die in circus fire in Bangalore.
9/25/1990S. S. Chauhan, one of the students who had suffered severe burns while trying to immolate himself in protest against implementation of Mandal Commission Report, died.
7/10/1997Malleswari earns India's first gold medal in Asian weightlifting championship in Beijing.
1/16/1896Jaideva Singh, famous musician and educationist, was born Shohratgarh, U.P.
2/27/1999Union Budget presented. Fiscal deficit cut to 4.4 per cent.
2/27/1999Vasco De Gama, Portuguese navigator who discovered India, died in Cochin.
2/24/1997Charles Shobhaj, the notorious murder suspect, to be deported to France after 20 years in Tihar jail.
4/5/1961Indian Drugs and Pharmaceuticals Limited was established in New Delhi by Indian Government for allopathic drugs.
6/29/1999An Indian High Commissioner member N. R. Doraiswamy is beaten up by Pakistani intelligence operatives.
8/20/1988Earthquake measuring 6.5 on Richter Scale strikes India and Nepal. Thousands killed.