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Historical Event on 8/27/1946

Gandhiji cables warning to British Government against repetition of ""Bengal Tragedy"". He also wrote to Wavell.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/1/1835East India company obtained Darjeeling from the King of Sikkim.
5/8/1910Tolstoy replies to Gandhiji that question of Passive Resistance is of greatest importance, not only for India but for humanity.
1/30/1908Gandhiji was summoned to see General Smuts at Pretoria and released on reaching a compromise.
4/8/1993Dasarath Deb, veteran tribal leader, elected leader of the Left and Democratic Front legislature party in Tripura.
2/25/1962India Congress Party wins elections.
12/4/1959Power Project was signed betwen India and Nepal, an agreement on the Gandak Irrigation.
2/2/1915Khushvant Singh, famous journalist, was born.
8/28/1997Election Commission orders that no convicted person will be allowed to contest elections even if an appeal against the conviction was pending in a higher court.
3/1/1951NitishKumar RamLakhanSingh was born in Bakhtiarpur, Distt. Patna (Bihar).
8/29/1947A conference of the Governor General and the two PMs of India and Pakistan with their military commanders to stop communal riots in the Punjab.