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Historical Event on 7/13/1947

An Indian Independence Bill was moved in the British Parliament on 4th July 1947 which became an 'Act' on 13th July 1947. Two Boundary Commissions under Sir Cyril Radcliff were appointed to demarcate the boundaries of Punjab and Bengal.

Other Historical Dates and Events
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6/1/1998Petrol price is raised by Re.1 per litre.
12/30/1993Government gets majority when 10 members of Ajit faction of the JD merge with the Congress.
2/6/1932Dorabji Jamshetji Tata, great industrialist, passed away.
4/5/1944221 Advance Base Depots laid down their lives to repulse several waves of Japanese attacks and succeeded in safe evacuation of Ordnance stores to an alternate site.
6/30/1991A 36-member Congress ministry led by Hiteswar Saikia assumes office in Assam.
7/27/1994Parliament votes to ban tests for determining the sex of an unborn child, as these tests have resulted in thousands of aborted female fetuses.
8/6/1925Surendra Nath Banerjee died. He was one of the founders of mordern India and proponent of autonomy within the British Commonwealth. He was President of Indian National Congress twice, in 1895 at Pune and in 1902 at Ahmedabad.
12/27/1962India and Pakistan begin negotiations over Kashmir.
12/6/1931Bengal Congress to boycott British goods.