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Tass charges Greek mistreatment of employees of USSR Embassy and other agencies in Athens
thundershowers may end heat wave; some office workers dismissed for day
Mayor O'Dwyer praises Comr Wallander role in shake-up; Reit asks retirement
Haganah reinforces police in repelling Arab rioters; 3 Jews, 1 Arab killed; 1 wounded Jew dies; incidents described; Jewish Natl Council appeals for Jews not to be drawn into fights; Jaffa Arab socs and leaders make 2d appeal for order; Arab Communist League asks Arab Higher Com to prevent clashes; Moslem Brotherhood head A A Dabbeh and other Jews and Arabs say Brit Govt instigates incidents to show impossibility of Arab-Jewish rapprochment
1947Rakhee Gulzar, Indian film actress[†]
Raakhee Gulzar, professionally known as Raakhee, is an Indian actress who primarily works in Hindi and Bengali films. One of the leading and most popular actresses of the 1970s and early 1980s, Raakhee is a recipient of several awards including two National Film Awards and three Filmfare Awards. In 2003, she received Padma Shri, India's fourth-highest civilian award.
1947India gains independence from British rule after near 190 years of British company and crown rule and joins the Commonwealth of Nations.[†]
India, officially the Republic of India, is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area; the most populous country since 2023; and, since its independence in 1947, the world's most populous democracy. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the south, the Arabian Sea on the southwest, and the Bay of Bengal on the southeast, it shares land borders with Pakistan to the west; China, Nepal, and Bhutan to the north; and Bangladesh and Myanmar to the east. In the Indian Ocean, India is near Sri Lanka and the Maldives; its Andaman and Nicobar Islands share a maritime border with Myanmar, Thailand, and Indonesia.
1947Founder of Pakistan, Muhammad Ali Jinnah is sworn in as first Governor-General of Pakistan in Karachi.[†]
Muhammad Ali Jinnah was a barrister, politician, and the founder of Pakistan. Jinnah served as the leader of the All-India Muslim League from 1913 until the inception of Pakistan on 14 August 1947 and then as Pakistan's first governor-general until his death a year later in 1948.