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Historical Event on 5/1/1947

Congress Working Committee accepts Partition in principle.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/1/1993Speaker disqualifies four Ajit group MPs.
1/1/1948Orissa High Court was established at Cuttack for Orissa territory.
7/20/1998Mr. Jaswant Singh, Prime Minister's special envoy, and U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Strobe Talbott discuss nuclear non-proliferation and security-related issues in New Delhi.
1/9/1946Nanalal Dalpatram Kavi, famous Hindi poet, Gujarati litterateur, writer, headmaster and innovator of duel meaning phrases, passed away.
4/9/1936SikhdevSingh RattanSingh Dhindsa was born in Ubhawal village, Distt. Sangrur (Punjab).
1/1/1879Edward M Forster, English novelist (Howards End, Passage to India), was born.
11/14/1997Nisha Millet sets national mark in the 100m freestyle in the national aquatics.
12/12/1992Government asks CBI to probe the demolition of the masjid in Ayodhya.
12/25/1946Gandhiji said, at Noakhali, ""I am being tested through and through"".
5/25/1965Independent India had further clashes with Pakistan in 1965 and 1971, one over the intractable Kashmir dispute and the other over Bangladesh. A border war was also fought with China in 1962 in the North-Eastern region, which resulted in the loss of Aksai Chin in Ladakh and smaller areas in the North-east. India continues to dispute sovereignty over these areas.