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Historical Event on 4/1/1947

Gandhiji addresses Asian Relations Conference in Delhi.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/10/1691Job Charnock established the first English factory in Calcutta.
12/17/1998P. M. Sayeed of the Congress(I) was unanimously elected Deputy Speaker of the Lok Sabha.
6/23/1946Gandhiji advises Congress not to enter Interim Government, but only Constituent Assembly.
1/21/1996Lakshmi Parvati elected president of Telugu Desam NTR faction.
7/15/1955Bharat Ratna, India's highest award, was announced to be given to Prime Minister Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru (1889-1964) by the President of India, Dr. Rajendra Prasad.
5/7/2000Ranjit Singh Gill, one of the prime accused in the murder of Lalit Maken and his wife Geetanjali, who was the daughter of the late President Dr. Shankar Dayal Sharma, on July 31, 1985, was extradited to Delhi from the US to stand trial in the case.
12/11/1994H.D. Deve Gowda, Janata Dal leader, assumes office as CM of Karnataka.
8/14/1954'State Carrom Association' was established in Mumbai.
5/22/1989IRBM 'Agni' Missile launched successfully from Chandipur, Orissa.
8/19/1757The first rupee coin was minted in Calcutta by the East India Company.