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Historical Event on 9/8/1947

There was little time to celebrate independence in India and Pakistan as large parts of the dominions were paralyzed with fear. Mobs ran wild as Muslims and Hindus battled to death and turned streets into rivers of blood.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/26/1989Keshav Shankar Pillai, international fame cartoonist, painter, writer and Padma Bhushan awardee, passed away.
4/17/1977Swatantra Party was merged in Janata Party.
10/23/1997I.K. Gujral, PM, leaves for Edinburgh to attend Commonwealth Heads of Govt. Meeting.
2/1/1969Pinaki Chatterji and George Albert Duke on a two-man rowing expedition to the Andamans set out from Calcutta.
10/1/1998Anxiety in stock market after UTI's US-64 scheme is reported to have paid dividend, eating out of its capital.
11/11/1924SunderLal Munnalal Patwa was born in Kukdeshwar, Distt. Neemuch (Madhya Pradesh).
7/12/1996Bail granted to Harshad Mehta, prime accused in the securities scam.
9/28/1837Bahadur Shah-II ascended the throne and became the emperor of Delhi at the age of 62 following the death of his father Akbar Shah-II.
12/4/1993Bahadur Prasad wins the second gold medal in 5000 m in Asian Track and Field meet in Manila.
11/5/1961Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru arrived in New York. This was the first ocassion when an Indian Prime Minister went to United States.