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Historical Event on 8/17/1848
Romesh Chunder Dutt, great political leader, writer and social worker, was born.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 6/3/1972 | First British designed Indian built mordern warship of the Leander class, 'INS Nilgiri' commissioned Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, was completely made in Mazgaon Dock, Mumbai. |
| 5/31/1998 | B. R. Rawat, an Indian diplomat, is assaulted by a Pakistani private security guard in Islamabad. |
| 12/12/1996 | India and Bangladesh arrive at a settlement to share Ganga water. |
| 7/19/1965 | Batukeshwar Dutt, great revolutionary, passed away. |
| 4/10/1930 | Police raid the headquarters of the Indian National Congress, Bombay. |
| 2/19/1992 | Shridhar Narayan Bendre, famous painter, passed away. |
| 11/16/2000 | The Government to reduce equity holding in nationalised banks from 51 per cent to 33 per cent. |
| 8/1/1994 | The Railway passenger insurance scheme comes into force. |
| 9/6/1674 | Faced with a critical situation, De la Haye had to capitulate and surrender St Thome to the Dutch who allowed the Sultan of Golconda to re-occupy it. |
| 6/29/1993 | 24 jawans were killed in ambush by NSCN militants in Manipur. |
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