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Historical Event on 3/22/1947

India's Last Viceroy Lord Louise Mountbatten came to India.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/22/1959Iyengar Kasturi Srinivas, great politician and journalist, passed away.
1/18/1999Prof. Amartya Sen, Nobel Laureate, is selected for Bharat Ratna.
3/25/1987Marxist-led alliance gets majority in Kerala and West Bengal elections .
12/28/1896In the Indian National Congress, Vande Mataram was first sung in Calcutta.
8/14/1947Pakistan was partitioned from India. Gandhiji hailed the following day as one of rejoicing for deliverance from British bondage.
8/15/1968Marathwada', a daily newspaper, published.
8/19/1927Ananta Narsinha Naik, social reformer and politician, was born at Bandora, Goa.
12/24/1932The third and last Round Table conference on India ends. It was was held in London.
11/30/1909Gandhiji reaches South Africa.
4/8/1993CBI extensively raided VHP offices; BJP MP Brijbhushan Saren Singh among five arrested.