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Historical Event on 12/9/1946
The first meeting of Constitutional Committee Assembly was held in Parliment after a gap of two years, 11 months and 17 days. The Congress started its work of framing the Indian Constitution. Muslim League boycott failed to prevent Constituent Assembly opening. From 16th August 1946, the country witnessed communal riots on an unprecedented scale. At this crucial juncture, on 20th February 1947, Clement Atlee the British prime minister, fixed June 1948 as a deadline for transfer of power and Lord Mountbatten was appointed as the new Viceroy.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/16/1946	India calls Attlee's independence offer contradictory, 'a propaganda move'.
12/12/1996	India and Bangladesh arrive at a settlement to share Ganga water.
6/30/1966	Judge K. Subba Rao became the Chief Justice of India. He held this office till 11/04/1967.
2/10/1910	Smt. Durga Bhagwat, veteran Marathi writer, was born.
12/4/1998	Christians across the country observe a protest day against the recent attacks on the community and its institutions.
2/21/1997	J. M. Lyngdoh appointed Election Commissioner.
3/1/1901	Vaidya Jogeshchandra Banerjee was born.
3/21/1976	The Indian people have delivered a stinging rebuke to the woman who had ruled them without the benefit of a constitution for the past 19 months by dumping her from office in a landslide election. After 11 years of rule, Indira Gandhi has resigned, and in an uncharacteristically humble statement said she ""accepted the verdict unreservedly"" and promised ""constructive cooperation"" with the new government. The heads of the victorious parties immediately dropped the year-and-a-half-old state of emergency, freed political prisoners, and began negotiations over who would head the new government.
6/24/1989	A majority of opposition members in the Lok Sabha resign on the issue of CAG report on the Bofors gun deal.
6/18/1879	Venketeshwar Bachhali, famous physics scientist, was born.

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