Deputy Prime Minister
Vallabhbhai Patel becomes Deputy Prime Minister and Home Minister in independent India's first government.
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1947 in India
Explore 19 historical events and records for India in 1947.
Historical records for India in 1947
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August
Independence of India
Plans for the independence & partition of India are declared. Gandhi opposes the partition between Muslim Pakistan & Hindu India. 1st day of the existence of the Dominion of India
Independence of India
Gandhi opposes the partition between Muslim Pakistan & Hindu India
Independence of India
Jawaharlal Nehru becomes the first Prime Minister of independent India as the Dominion of India comes into existence.
Minister of Education
Maulana Abul Kalam Azad becomes independent India's first Education Minister.
Partition
Gandhi opposes the partition between Muslim Pakistan & Hindu India
Partition
Gandhi opposes the partition between Muslim Pakistan & Hindu India
November
Battle of Badgam
Major Somnath Sharma leads his company at Badgam and is killed while resisting an attack threatening Srinagar.
Other events (month unknown)
Constitution of India
B.R. Ambedkar serves as Law Minister and chairs the Drafting Committee responsible for preparing the Constitution.
First Indo-Pakistani War
Nehru's government commits Indian forces to Kashmir after the princely state accedes to India amid an invasion from Pakistan.
High Commissioner
V.K. Krishna Menon is appointed India's High Commissioner in London.
Hostess
Serves her father, the Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru.
Minister of Food and Agriculture
Rajendra Prasad serves in the Interim Government with responsibility for food and agriculture.
Minister of Law
B.R. Ambedkar becomes the first Law Minister of independent India.
Partition
Gandhi urges Hindus not to retaliate against Muslim attrocities
Partition
Gandhi urges Hindus not to retaliate against Muslim attrocities
Partition
Nehru's government confronts mass communal violence and refugee movements following the partition of British India.
Physical Research Laboratory
Vikram Sarabhai founds the Physical Research Laboratory, initially concentrating on cosmic rays and upper-atmosphere research.
Prime Minister of India
Appointed Prime Minister of India, the first under Indian independence.
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