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Historical Event on 9/1/1947

Indian Standard Time was adopted.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/22/1996Passport seekers are given an option of 10 years (Rs. 300) or 20 years (Rs. 600) period.
2/23/1946Some 300,000 Indians joined in anti-British demonstrations today in the wake of yesterday's violent riots in the city of Bombay. Indian Navy rebels. A day of terror and rebellion saw Indian Navy members turn against their British officers firing machine guns.
7/11/1953Suresh Prabhakar Prabhu was born in Mumbai (Mahatrahtra).
11/9/1972Laxmi Poruri, guntur India and tennis star (1994 Futures-College Park), was born.
11/9/1972Akbar captured Ahmednagar.
2/23/1962Union government sets up an Indian National Committee for Space Research (INCOSPAR) formed by the Department of Atomic Energy and work on Thumba Equatorial Rocket Launching Station (TERLS) started.
3/5/1999Geet Sethi won the 1999 World matchplay billiards championship in Midsomer Norton.
11/5/1956Nehru breaks silence condemning Soviets for repression in Hungary.
11/21/1994Dr. Malcom Adiseshiah, 84, noted economist and educationist, died.
6/20/1972Paras Laxmikant Mhambrey, great Indian cricket pace bowler (Test v England 1996), was born in Bombay.