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Historical Event on 8/17/1985

Rajiv Gandhi announces Punjab state elections in India.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/23/1954Tito, Nehru reject plan for neutral third bloc, yet insist on peaceful co-existence.
1/29/1975West Indies won the fifth test against India after winning the exciting cricket series 3-2.
2/2/1982Geet Sethi becomes the youngest Indian to win the National Billiards' crown at Madras.
7/26/1933Gandhiji went back to Sabarmati Ashram after his release from jail.
10/31/1966Mihir Sen swam Panama Canal in 34 hours 15 minutes.
10/12/1976Indian Airlines Caravelle crashed after take off from Bombay.
6/25/1975President Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed signed the declaration of Emergency Rule in India. Prime Minister Indira Gandhi implemented the same very next day.
9/14/1992S. A. Banerjee, cricketer who played one Test for India in 1948 without scoring any runs but took 5 wkts, died.
3/26/1992Accord with Bangladesh on Tin Bigha.
8/2/1885Poet Siyaram Saran Gupt, brother of national poet Maithilysharan Gupt, was born.