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Historical Event on 8/17/1947
The first British troop leaves for England after Indian independence.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 10/24/1827 | Viceroy Lord Rippan (1880-1884) was born |
| 5/12/1997 | Prime Ministers of India and Pakistan agree to set up joint working groups on a range of issues to be identified by Foreign Secretaries. |
| 4/10/1997 | Bill Gates, Chairman and CEO of Microsoft, announces Rs. 2.5 crore aid to Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan's Gandhi Institute of Computer Education and Information Technology, Mumbai. |
| 5/4/1989 | Ashutosh Mukhopadhyay, famous Bengali litterateur, passed away. |
| 8/5/2000 | Lala Amarnath (88), former Indian cricketer, died in New Delhi. |
| 5/25/1993 | Kazakhstan offers Baikonur facilities to India. |
| 1/4/1958 | Waverley John Anderson, Scottish viscount and Governor of Bengal, died at the age of 75. |
| 7/26/1975 | Anti-government demonstrations held in Gujarat, defying the emergency law prohibiting such demonstrations. |
| 6/6/1867 | Baba Kharak Singh, freedom fighter, was born at Sialkot. |
| 7/12/1999 | India sets a deadline for intruders withdrawal from Kargil, announces suspension of air strikes. |
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