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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
6/20/1972Paras Laxmikant Mhambrey, great Indian cricket pace bowler (Test v England 1996), was born in Bombay.
12/11/1996T. N. Seshan retires. M. S. Gill becomes the new election Chief Election Commissioner.
2/20/1999India and Pakistan signed a formal agreement for launching the Delhi-Lahore bus service.
11/25/1956Lal Bahadur Shastri, Railway Minister, resigns from the office or Railway Minitery, taking moral responsibility for Ayyapan rail disaster thus setting a rare example for politicians.
9/8/1960Feroz Gandhi, a prominent member of the Lok Sabha,died in New Delhi.
3/11/1975Battle between Marathas and Nizam at Kharda.
7/8/1907Elphinstone Picture Palace was started by Jamshedji F. Madan at Calcutta.
9/14/1997Catholic churches in Kerala introduce the system of serving the holy Eucharist in the palm of the faithful instead of on the tongue.
2/12/1990The Berlin Wall is taken down February 12. Germany is reunited over the next year. Warsaw Pact is dissolved.
9/9/2000Venus Williams wins the women's singles in the U.S. Open championship.