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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
10/2/1994Gandhi Peace Prize instituted on the lines of Nobel Peace Prize on the great leader's 125th birth anniversary.
2/21/1983More than 600 people were killed in the Indian state of Assam after student agitators protesting the immigration of Muslim refugees from Bangladesh attempted to stop state elections.
12/25/1919Naushad, famous film music director, was born.
7/18/1908Fourteen thousand mill workers go on strike at Bombay.
2/10/1979Itanagar was declared as capital of Arunachal Pradesh.
5/1/1997Anand wins all three categories in Amber chess tournament in Monte Carlo.
11/21/1994Dr. Malcom Adiseshiah, 84, noted economist and educationist, died.
11/1/1990JD Government in Gujarat, headed by Chimanbhai Patel, defeats no-confidence motion with Congress (I) support.
3/12/1972Vote gives Indira Gandhi 70 \% of regional seats.
10/23/1990Following the arrest of its President L. K. Advani, who was leading a rathyathra to Ayodhya at Samasthipur in Bihar, BJP withdrew support to National Front Government.