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Historical Event on 4/17/1952

First Lok Sabha was formed. Ananthasaynam Ayyangar, was elected as the first Deputy speaker of Lok Sabha (1952).

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/6/1965Full scale warfare broke out all along the international border between West Pakistan and India. Pakistani troops advanced towards the Indian town of Akhnur in Kashmir and Pakistani paratroopers raided Punjab.
9/19/1991Lok Sabha passes unanimously the Places of Worship Special Provisions Bill for maintaining the status quo of religious places as on 1947.
10/2/1975Kumaraswami Kamaraj, great freedom fighter, social reformer, political leader and member of the Lok Sabha, died in Madras.
10/3/2000India and Russia sign a declaration on strategic partnership.
5/20/1972Indira Gandhi laid the foundation stone of 2nd Howrah bridge at Calcutta.
6/13/1999The Indian army secures the strategic Tololing peak in the Dras sector.
1/28/1992Umanath Vachaspati, Magsesey Award winner, passed away.
11/10/1960First Nagpur session of Maharashtra State.
1/25/1994Mine fire at Asansol India, kills 55.
12/6/1892Rukmini Lakshmipathi, great social reformer and leader, was born at Madurai.