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Historical Event on 9/1/1947
Indian Standard Time was adopted.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 7/10/1994 | Ramrao Raghoba Rane, Paramveer Chakra awardee, died. |
| 5/2/1985 | Banarsidas Chaturvedi, famous writer and journalist, passed away. |
| 9/29/1964 | 1,000 people were killed as a reservoir burst. |
| 1/23/1975 | Omeo Kumar Das, one of the great patriots of Assam, passed away at the age of 81. He selflessly worked for the tea plantation workers and made efforts to get them better living standards. He translated Gandhiji's autobiography ""My Experiments with Truth"" in Assamese language. |
| 1/15/1996 | Restoration of the original name of the city as ""Mumbai"" for Bombay Vide Maharashtra Act No, XXV of 1996. |
| 8/1/1846 | Dwarkanath Tagore, a Hindu philanthropist, died in London. |
| 2/9/1942 | Chiang Kai-Shek meets Sir Stafford Cripps, British Viceroy in India. |
| 11/29/1994 | M.H. Kania, former Chief Justice of India made Chairman of the 14th Law Commission. |
| 1/30/1997 | Mahatma Gandhi's ashes immersed in Sangam. |
| 11/5/1994 | Russi Modi appointed Chairman of Air India and Indian Airlines. |
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