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Historical Event on 8/12/1946

Viceroy announces invitation to Congress to form provisional Government.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/31/1985Under the 52nd Constitutional Amendment, Anti-Defector Bill was passed unanimously in Lok Sabha. This avoided the Representatives of People to switch over political parties.
2/22/19901st day India vs New Zealand cricket at Auckland. NZ 5-78 at lunch, 9-387 stumps.
2/1/1910Jahangir Mohammed Khan, cricketer (father of Majid, Indian player 1932-36), was born in Jallundar.
9/3/1767Colonel Smith was defeated in the battle of Changama that took place between the combined forces of Nizam and Hyder Ali and the British army. This was the first war of Mysore. The British concluded a humiliating peace with Hyder Ali of Mysore.
3/11/1886Anandibai Gopalrao Joshi became the first Indian lady doctor. She passed the MBBS degree from Philadelphia University of America.
2/23/19905-member Ministry headed by R. K. Ranbir Singh in Manipur elected.
8/15/1947India gains independence from the British rule and Pakistan emerges as a separate Islamic nation. Around 600,000 die in clashes during the subsequent population exchange of 14 million people between the two new countries.
12/1/1947India all out for 58 vs Australia at Gabba.
4/6/1664Abraham Shipmen died without taking charge of Bombay Islands from Portuguese.
1/27/1996'Prithvi', surface-to-surface missile, test-fired successfully.