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Historical Event on 8/17/1986

In the Jehovah's Witnesses' case, the Supreme Court rules that ""singing National Anthem is not obligatory"".

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/20/1969Punjabrao Agriculture University established.
4/13/1972Balraj Sahani, famous film actor, passed away.
3/19/1982Acharya J. B. Kripalani, writer, nationalist, parliamentarian, founder of Kissan Mazdoor Dal and president of Indian National Congress in 1946, passed away at the age of 94.
10/18/1995Baby Naaz (Anuradha Bhakkar), famous child actor, died.
1/19/1919Dharam Singh, field hockey player for Indian Team at Olympics-1964-Gold Winner, was born.
11/13/1998Tendulkar blazes as India wins the Coca Cola Cup at Sharjah beating Zimbabwe in the final.
1/11/1955Production of Newsprint paper factory started for the first time in India.
1/10/1922Museum of Prince of Wales, situated at Mumbai, opened for public.
6/1/1927Justice Savyasachi Mukherjee was born.
11/3/1945Temporary Octroi Mandal established.