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Historical Event on 2/17/1618

First English Ambassador Sir Thomas Roe returned to England after meeting Emperor Jahangir in his court.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/4/1939Lala Har Dayal, revolutionary, nationalist and freedom fighter, passed away at Philadelphia.
3/9/1836Navalram Lakshmiram Pandya, famous writer and Gujrati critic , was born.
4/14/1916Commandur Rajagopalachari Rangachari, cricketer (India 1947-48), was born at Mamandur, Tamil Nadu.
9/21/1857Bahadurshah Jafar - II surrendered against the British troops.
3/6/1915Gandhi and Rabindranath Tagore met for the first time at Shantiniketan.
4/17/1952First Lok Sabha was formed. Ananthasaynam Ayyangar, was elected as the first Deputy speaker of Lok Sabha (1952).
10/11/1988Janata Dal, a new national centrist opposition party, launched. V. P. Singh elected President.
8/19/1907Acharya Hajariprasad Dwivedi was born.
2/12/1993The baggage rules relaxed further.
4/24/1996SC holds that bank managers acting beyond their authority in allowing overdrafts and passing cheques would be amounted to committing misconduct.