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Historical Event on 12/17/2000
The 13-day nationwide postal strike called off.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 7/29/1993 | Two bills seeking to delink religion from politics and to empower the EC to debar parties with religious names introduced in Lok Sabha. |
| 4/8/1925 | Kumar Gandharva (Shivputra Siddharamaiya Komkali), famous music director and singer, was born. |
| 11/9/1980 | P. C. Joshi, former General Secretary of Indian Communist Party, passed away. |
| 9/13/1984 | Swami Brahmanand died. He established Brahmanand Inter College (1938), Brahmanand Sanskrit Mahavidyalaya (1943) and Brahmanand Mahavidyalaya (1960). He joined the freedom movement and participated in Salt Satyagraha, Non Cooperation Movement and Quit India Movement. |
| 10/15/1943 | Baba Kanshi Ram, freedom fighter and social reformer, passed away. |
| 2/17/1698 | Aurangzeb fell to Jinjee fort, seat of Maratha power, after eight-year siege. |
| 7/25/1976 | Sriram Singh at Montreal sets record for 800m in 1.45.77. |
| 3/25/1931 | 50 killed in riots in India; Gandhi assaulted. |
| 7/4/1999 | Over 500 children of Kargil migrants take out a procession to Batalik in a show of solidarity with the Indian army. |
| 2/17/1994 | Chimanbhai Patel, chief minister of Gujrat, passed away at the age of 65 years. |
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