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Historical Event on 1/30/1947

Gandhiji leaves Patna for Delhi. Mountbatten, new Viceroy, arrives in Delhi.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/2/1992President J.B.Patnaik, former Orissa CM and PCC (I), arrested on corruption charges.
9/7/1988President's rule in Mizoram.
6/3/1818Maratha wars between British & Maratha Confederacy in India ends.
6/30/1965Cease-fire was agreed under UN auspices between India and Pakistan, who signed treaty to stop the war at Rann of Kutch.
5/9/1753Maharaja Surajmal attack on Delhi.
8/1/1939Bombay begins Prohibition, first since U.S. law was repealed.
7/30/1947The part of Kashmir, North West Frontier Provience (NWFP), was swallowed up by Pakistan. The formality of raising the flag being done in November.
1/25/1992Bharat Ratna, India's highest award, was given to Jehangir Ratanji Dadabhai Tata (1904-1993).
3/21/1997Jockey Vasant Shinde retires.
12/19/2000The Government suffers an embarrassing defeat with the Rajya Sabha adopting a motion recording its ""disagreement'' with the Prime Minister for defending three of his Cabinet colleagues charged in the Babri Masjid demolition case.