Date in year · 1948 · The 1940s

April 21, 1948

On April 21, 1948, united Nations Security Council Resolution 47 relating to Kashmir conflict is adopted. Régis Wargnier, John Pritchard, Jeff Baxter would arrive in the same year.

Events

1

Births

0

Deaths

1

Year

1948

1940s

Around 1948

The year in brief

1948 (MCMXLVIII) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1948th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 948th year of the 2nd millennium, the 48th year of the 20th century, and the 9th year of the 1940s decade.

Read the full year of 1948 →

What happened

On April 21, 1948

  1. 1948 United Nations Security Council Resolution 47 relating to Kashmir conflict is adopted.

    1948 resolution on resolving the Kashmir conflict

    United Nations Security Council Resolution 47, adopted on 21 April 1948, concerns the resolution of the Kashmir conflict. After hearing arguments from both India and Pakistan, the Council increased the size of the UN Commission created by the former Resolution 39 to five members, instructed the Commission to go to the subcontinent and help the governments of India and Pakistan restore peace and order to the region and prepare for a plebiscite to decide the fate of Kashmir.

Farewells

Died on April 21, 1948

Aldo Leopold American conservationist (1887–1948)

Elsewhere that year

Other moments from 1948

The class of 1948

Others born in 1948

Régis Wargnier 1948– French director, producer, and screenwriter
John Pritchard 1948– English bishop
Jeff Baxter 1948– American guitarist, songwriter, and producer
Lillian Board 1948– British athlete (died 1970)
Ted Nugent 1948– American musician
Goodwill Zwelithini kaBhekuzulu 1948– Zulu king (died 2021)

Step through

Nearby

Keep going

More to explore