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Historical Event on 1/6/1947

All India Congress Commitee accepted the division of country.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/10/1955Prakash Padukone, internationally famous Badminton player, was born.
4/21/1659Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj meet Saint Samarth Ramdas Swami.
4/18/2000The Board of Control for Cricket in India adopts a six-point code of conduct for the players.
9/20/1999Shobha Subrahmanyam, managing director of the Ananda Bazaar Patrika Group of publications, was elected President of the Indian Newspaper Society for 1999-2000.
9/27/1908Shiv Verma, great soldier, was born.
8/1/1947Partition of India into India and Pakistan. Power transferred. Lord Mountbatten becomes Governor General of India and Muhammed Ali Jinnah, Governor General of Pakistan.
6/10/1959Tyagmurti Goswami Ganeshdutt, social worker, died near Hardwar.
11/25/1990Sri Lanka all out at 82, Venkatapathy Raju (I) 6-12 off 17.5 overs.
3/12/1992The four-member break-away group of Telugu Desam recognised by Lok Sabha speaker.
1/21/1963Acharaya Shivpujan Sahai, famous Hindi writer, poet and novelist, died. He was editor of Hindi journals like ""Marwari Sudhar"", ""Samanwaya"", ""Adarsh"" etc. He wrote 400 short stories and 67 biographies. His novel ""Dehati Dunia"" is acclaimed as first regional novel in Hindi.