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Historical Event on 5/5/1947

Gandhiji denies in an interview that communal division of India is inevitable.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/15/1946Attlee offers India full independence after agreement on constitution in London.
7/30/1997Madras High Court restrains, by an interim injunction, the foreign universities/institutions having offices in India from awarding or conferring any degree on Indian students.
10/6/1935Jeevan D. Ghosh, cricket Test umpire from 1978-91, was born in Bengal. He has the distinction of having the longest umpiring career of 32 years in India.
12/16/1999Likhiram Karve, Madhya Pradesh's Minister for Transport, is hacked to death by naxalites.
12/16/1999Guru Arjun Dev, Sikh Guru, was born.
11/28/2000Ram Vilas Paswan, Union Communications Minister, launches his political outfit 'Janashakti' at a rally in New Delhi.
12/20/1990India and Pakistan agree not to attack each other's nuclear installations.
11/13/1901War Secretary Brodrick claimed that Boers were killing natives in large numbers. He intended to withdraw troops from India to fight in S. Africa at London.
5/12/1984Dr. Rajah Sir Muthiah Chettiar, social reformer, passed away at Madras.
12/9/1999Several MPs in the Lok Sabha demand resignation of the CBI chief in the Priyadarshini Matto murder case.