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Historical Event on 1/17/1985
Azharuddin scores second Test century in second Test vs England.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 9/2/1993 | Vice Admiral V.S. Shekhawat appointed new naval chief. |
| 5/9/1993 | S. Mulgaokar, 82, journalist, passed away. |
| 10/1/1990 | Justice Ranganath Mishra appointed Chief Justice of Supreme Court. |
| 2/21/1952 | The XV Indian Olympic Games in Madras. |
| 3/21/1976 | The Indian people have delivered a stinging rebuke to the woman who had ruled them without the benefit of a constitution for the past 19 months by dumping her from office in a landslide election. After 11 years of rule, Indira Gandhi has resigned, and in an uncharacteristically humble statement said she ""accepted the verdict unreservedly"" and promised ""constructive cooperation"" with the new government. The heads of the victorious parties immediately dropped the year-and-a-half-old state of emergency, freed political prisoners, and began negotiations over who would head the new government. |
| 5/22/1996 | 11th Lok Sabha's first session begins. |
| 2/21/1997 | Sonic Multani bags National snooker title in Mumbai. |
| 6/7/1997 | At least 37 persons were feared killed in a fire in ''yagyashala'' at Thanjavur Big Temple. |
| 7/12/1965 | Sanjay Vijay Manjrekar, cricketer (son of Vijay, Indian middle-order batsman), was born in Mangalore. |
| 8/15/1947 | Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru becomes the first Indian Prime Minister of free India. |
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