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Historical Event on 9/1/1947

Mahatma Gandhi undertakes a fast for unity among Hindus and Muslims. He breaks the fast after 73 hours when peace is restored.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/2/1996Mother Teresa made honorary US citizen.
4/2/1991Asom Gana Parishad splits.
1/2/1993Allahabad court allows 'darshan' at Ayodhya.
12/11/1992UP acquistion of land in Ayodhya quashed by Allahabad High Court.
3/24/2000Rupali Repale of India becomes the first woman and the youngest to swim the Robben Island channel-both ways.
12/8/1857Mohsini from Delhi was hanged in jail.
11/28/1999Senior Awami League leader Mohammed Anwar Sheikh is killed and his wife and daughter-in-law are seriously injured in a militant attack on his house in Kashmir.
12/5/1992Monisha, actress and winner of the 1987 'Urvasi' award for the Malayalam film 'Nakhakshathangal' died at a young age of 21 years.
12/5/199156 JD MLA's belonging to V.P. Singh faction elect a new leader in UP.
9/19/2000Gopi Chand of India falls to Henderawan of Indonesia in the quarter-finals of the badminton event at the Sydney Olympics.