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Historical Event on 9/1/1947

Mahatma Gandhi undertakes a fast for unity among Hindus and Muslims. He breaks the fast after 73 hours when peace is restored.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/16/1986Second SAARC summit held at Bangalore.
5/23/1997The body of controversial former chief of Tarn Taran district police Ajit Singh Sandhu is recovered from rail tracks near Bhakharpur About 30 km from Chandigarh.
4/7/1929England's Imperial Airways had extended its flight to London-Karachi instead of London-Kahira. It was the first commercial air service in undivided India.
4/1/1918Royal Air Force replaces Royal Flying Corps in Britain.
1/24/2000Supreme Court imposes, with immediate effect, a ban on industries in Delhi and Haryana from discharging untreated industrial effluents into the Yamuna.
11/5/1995Narsimha Rao, PM, reaches Argentina for G-15 summit at Buenos Aires.
4/1/1956Companies Act of 1913 was revised and Indian Companies Act of 1956 came into force.
7/4/1992Sanskrit made a compulsory subject from sixth to intermediate classes in Uttar Pradesh.
12/16/1922Parvati Devi, orator, was arrested for delivering revolutionary speeches in meetings at Hapud and Merrut. She was the first Indian women to get two years long imprisionment during the freedom struggle.
11/13/1992Dr. Pundalik Dattatrya Gaitonde, Goa freedom fighter, passed away.