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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
1/3/1912Shantiprasad Jain, famous industrialist, was born.
11/7/1966Riots over slaughtered cow claims seven lives.
2/19/1992An all-time low turn out of about 30\% registered in the Punjab Assembly polls.
9/30/1999A B Vajpayee, Prime Minister, calls upon the people at an election campaign in Lucknow to give him a five-year term.
12/10/1913The Nobel prize for literature was awarded this year to Rabindranath Tagore, the Bengali poet from India.
1/29/1975West Indies won the fifth test against India after winning the exciting cricket series 3-2.
4/13/1972Balraj Sahani, famous film actor, passed away.
4/5/1848Satara kingdom came to end.
8/26/1949Social Democratic Party led by K. T. Shah formed.
8/26/1949Amarsingh, Rajput king of Mewar, was born.