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Historical Event on 9/1/1947
Indian Standard Time was adopted.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 10/31/1999 | Dr. S. S. Badrinath gets Dhanvantari Award. |
| 8/11/2000 | Usha Mehta, great Gandhian, passed away. |
| 9/4/1947 | Gandhiji breaks fast. |
| 5/18/1973 | A powerful underground explosion rocked India's desert of Rajasthan today, making India the sixth nation in history to set off a nuclear device. The blast, which took place at a depth of 330 feet, was in the range of 10-15 kilotons, smaller than the bomb exploded by the US at Nagasaki in World War II. India is signatory to the 1963 test ban treaty, and thus was prohibited from exploding the device on land or in the air. Prime Minister Indira Gandhi claimed the purpose of the test was peaceful and said 'such explosions may have their use in mining operations'. |
| 11/22/1873 | Leopold CMS Amery, British minister of Colonies (India), was born. |
| 8/20/1885 | First meeting of the Indian National Congress held. |
| 9/9/1942 | Shirish Kumar, martyr, died. |
| 8/6/1920 | 'Shakuntala' made by Oriental Film Mfg. Co. was released. |
| 6/6/1962 | General Election ( 3rd) of India ends. |
| 4/14/1989 | Ranjan Roy, captain of Indian Navy, and his wife Rupali Roy started off in a Maruti car. |
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