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Historical Event on 5/23/1947
The U.K. Cabinet today took the historic step of agreeing to Lord Mountbatten's proposal for the partition of India into two states, one Muslim and the other Hindu. The Viceroy is to have a series of talks with Lord Listowel, the Secretary for India.
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| 4/12/1976 | India set 403 to win against the West Indies. |
| 12/1/1955 | Nikita Khrushchev delivers speech condemning British colonialism. |
| 9/25/1946 | Bishan Singh Bedi, a former Indian cricketer was born. |
| 12/14/1985 | Rajiv Gandhi joins the leaders of Greece, Sweden, Tanzania, Mexico and Argentina in a tele-conference as part of the UN ceremony at which they are honoured with the 'Beyond War' award. |
| 1/4/1892 | J. C. Kumarappa, a Gandhian by thought, was born. |
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| 7/10/1998 | India says it wont sign the CTBT unconditionally and invites Pakistan to join in disarmament efforts. |
| 4/3/1912 | M. Varadarajan, educationist and author, was born at Tirupattur. |
| 4/3/1912 | Akbar captured Ahmednagar. |
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