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Historical Event on 12/17/1645

Noorjahan Begum passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/28/1984Federal agents early this morning caught Guru Shree Rajneesh trying to flee the country. Rajneesh was charged with violating immigration laws and arranging phoney marriages for his cult members. The religious leader was nabbed at Charlotte, North Carolina airport when his jet, bound for Bermuda, touched down for re-fueling. The Bhagwan ran a commune of about 1,500 people in Oregon. Thousands more cult members live in Rajneesh's native land India and other countries. He knew the federal government had no faith in him after his chief adviser, a woman named Ma Anand Sheela, was arrested in West Germany for several minor offenses. Rajneesh appeared in court on this date clad in a lavender robe.
6/13/1909E. M. S. Namboodiripad was born in Palghat in Kerala.
8/11/1997135 persons killed in flash floods in Shimla & Kiannaur districts of Himachal Pradesh.
11/7/2000The BJP firebrand Uma Bharti makes a triumphant return to the Union Ministry as Minister for Sports and Youth Affairs and Arun Jaitley gets elevated as Cabinet Minister in a mini expansion. Maj.Gen. (Retd) B. C. Khanduri takes oath as Minister of State for Transport and Highways.
3/22/1947India's Last Viceroy Lord Louise Mountbatten came to India.
6/3/1977K. Brahmananda Reddi elected President of the Indian National Congress.
11/8/1997India lifts Asia Cup tennis title in Delhi.
2/6/1950N. R. Pillai was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 13-05-1953.
8/10/1993Election Commission withdrew controversial order. By-polls to be held before 10.
6/16/1946Cabinet Mission negotiations were discontinued. Viceroy proposed Interim Government.