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1947

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This page is for year 1947 of the Gregorian calendar .

Summary

Events

Africa

Monument commemorating the events of March 29 in Madagascar

America


  • Unrest in Chile. President Videla declared a state of siege and defeated his Communist ministers in April. The Communist Party obtained 18% of the vote in municipal elections.
  • The Communist Party is outlawed in Brazil.
  • Inauguration of the great steelworks Volta Redonda in Brazil. It allows the country to develop a national car industry.
Main articles: 1947 in Canada and 1947 in Quebec.

United States

  • Strikes.
  • 4.3% growth rate in annual average 1947-1952.

Oceania and Pacific

  • February 6 : Foundation of the South Pacific Commission.
  • March : The Government of Australia launched a vast program of planned immigration, he advocates the arrival of ten immigrants of Anglo-Celtic for each immigrant "foreigner". The few candidates from the British Isles will require it to revise downward its claims and to accept the arrival of hundreds of thousands of migrants from the Netherlands , to Germany and France , then to Italy from Yugoslavia of Greece and many other Mediterranean countries. In the mid-sixties, the doors open to the countries of Southeast Asia and the Middle East.

Asia

May 3 : Entry into force of the Constitution of Japan
  • April 9 : Departure of U.S. troops who supported the Chinese Nationalists.
  • 25 April , Vietnam : Ho Chi Minh called for negotiations with France. During the summer, he sought a compromise and reshuffles his government by eliminating the extremists (only three communists in the government).
  • April , Burma : The AFPFL of Aung San won the elections, 196 of the 202 seats in the Constitutional Assembly.
  • May 4 : Count Soeria Kartalegawa former Bupati of Garut , proclaims the State of Pasundan.
  • May 11 : The Laos became a constitutional monarchy.
  • May 23 : Soeria occupies the offices of the Republican administration in Bogor , with the support of Colonel Thomson in the Dutch army and resident Statius Muller .
  • June 20 : Prime Minister Indonesian Sjahrir resigned and was replaced by Amir Sjarifuddin on July 3. Many incidents occur between Dutch and Indonesian troops. Negotiations for the settlement of economic issues and the implementation of the agreement Linggarjati dragging.
  • June - July : With the independence of India and Pakistan, Afghanistan is calling for a referendum on self-determination in the Frontier Province du Nord-Ouest , populated mostly Pashtuns. Tensions between the two countries persist for several years. Sporadic clashes between the Pakistani armed forces and Pashtun tribesmen who had created with the approval of the Afghan government, an independence movement decided to establish a state under the name of Pashtunistan or Pathanistan.
  • July 19 , Burma : U Saw , a nationalist political rival, Prime Minister murdered Aung San with six members of the Executive Board. That same day, the order of the communist insurgency army arrives in Moscow and Beijing via Calcutta. U Nu , former student leader, called to lead the AFPFL and government succeeds Aung San ( 4 January 1948 ). It stabilizes the situation ( 1949 - 1958 ).
  • July 21 : Alleging violations of accreditation Linggarjati, the Dutch launched an attack against the Indonesian Republic ("police operations") and extend their control over two thirds of Java, large plantations and the oil fields of Sumatra.
  • August 1 , Indonesia: Protests to UN lead to the formation of a commission of good offices of the UN, who presided over the signing of the Renville agreements between both parties ( 17 January 1948 ).
  • 14 - August 15 , midnight: India Independence Act providing for the partition of India. The India and Pakistan are declared independent dominion within the Commonwealth. A few days later, the massacres began in Punjab between Muslims causing mass exodus.
    • The question of the 554 princely states is easily solved with three exceptions: Junagadh , the Hyderabad and Kashmir. Junagadh in Gujarat , is a small state that has a Muslim ruler and a population of 700,000 inhabitants with a Hindu majority. A popular uprising allows India to integrate it into its territory on 10 February 1948.
    • The Nizam , Hyderabad Muslim ruler who reigns over 17 million people in Hindu majority, refused to join India. The Indian government conducted a pretext Muslim militia that has terrorized the population to launch a military operation that ended with the surrender of Hyderabad on 17 September 1948.
    • The Maharaja of Kashmir signed a standstill agreement in August. Before the invasion of tribes Pathan from Pakistan on August 22 , he opted for India on October 26. The intervention of Indian troops against the Pathan degenerates into war against Pakistan (1947-1949). India loses Gilgit , de facto pegged to Pakistan.
    • The score is based on a majority percentage of Muslim or Hindu by regions. 10.5 to 14 million people are displaced, 500,000 were massacred or died in the camps.
  • The Tibetan government sent a trade mission in the West. The United States and Great Britain recognize the independence of Tibet.
  • The Indian Communist Party led a guerrilla war in Telengana , the eastern part of the State of Hyderabad. Hundreds of Soviets are created, which seize and redistribute land. They do not hesitate to perform the Muslim feudal.

Middle East

November 30 : Beginning of the Civil War of 1947-1948 in mandatory Palestine. Arab volunteers
December 2 : Attack of the commercial district of Jewish Jerusalem during the Civil War in Palestine

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