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Historical Event on 9/7/1947

Gandhiji leaves Calcutta for Delhi; commences daily visits to riot-affected areas.

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.
1/15/1971Dinanath Damodar Dalal, great artist, passed away.
3/26/1996The 3-day old Hazratbal shrine crisis ends, as the militants holed up in the shrine come out of it.
9/30/1996PVN Rao, who was to appear in court in the Pathak cheating case, gets a reprieve
9/21/1933Annie Besant, great social worker and founder of Home Rule Movement, passed away.
7/17/1937Delhi-Calcutta Express Train derailed near Patna killing 95.
12/9/1873Lord Northbrook, Viceroy and Governor General of India laid the foundation stone of the building.
1/29/1994Air India and Indian Airlines converted into companies.
12/17/1987Bhopal court orders the Union Carbide to pay Rs. 350 crore as interim relief to 1984 gas victims.
10/1/1854Postal stamp introduced in India. These lithographed stamps were of denominations of half anna and one anna. These stamps bore the Head of Queen Victoria with India at top and value at bottom. The half anna stamp was printed between May 5 to July 29 and printing of one anna stamp commenced on July 26.