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Historical Event on 3/17/1995
Congress-I in Arunachal Pradesh wins two-third majority.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
1/1/1995 | Raman Lamba & Ravi Sehgal score 464 for 1st wicket for Delhi. |
9/8/1947 | There was little time to celebrate independence in India and Pakistan as large parts of the dominions were paralyzed with fear. Mobs ran wild as Muslims and Hindus battled to death and turned streets into rivers of blood. |
4/16/1959 | Raurkela Iron Project's first furnace started functioning. |
1/27/1988 | The first ever helicopter mail service was inaugurated at Andaman and Nicobar Islands. The first flight was from Port Blair to Havelock Island and its inaugurated by the Governer of Andaman and Nicobar Island. |
1/27/1988 | Alauddin Khilji captured Chittorhgarh after defeating Rana Bhim Singh. Before the capture, Padmini, the beautiful queen along with several hundred females, had sacrificed herself in fire (Jouhar Pratha). This whole battle was fought due to Padmini. |
1/27/1988 | Badauni Abdul Kadir, famous Muslim historian, was born. |
11/16/1877 | Ardaseer Cursetjee Wadia, professor, pioneer and innovator, died. He was the first Indian who was elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society, London. He introduced lighting by gas and was the first to build ""INDUS"", a steam-ship in India in 1833. He also introduced sewing machine, photography and electro-plat |
7/27/1998 | The Centre announces a hefty hike in the pay scales of university and college teachers. |
12/27/1987 | Vijaypal Singh sets a record for TJ in 16.79s at Trivandrum . |
7/5/1968 | Naval Submarine wing in Indian Naval Force came into existence with the arrival of the first submarine from the Soviet Union. |
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