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Historical Event on 8/17/1958
Sir John Hubert Marshal, excavator of Mohan-Jo-Daro and Takshashila, died.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 8/26/2000 | Vijay Kumar wins the Hindu Open Golf championship at the Cosmopolitan Club in Chennai. |
| 4/25/1915 | The German High Command has admitted that chlorine gas bombs and shells were used in the attack on the French front at Ypres three days ago. The effect of the gas attack was to open a four-mile gap in the Allied line. The Canadian troops on one flank held against German attacks, and British and Indian forces filled the breach. Fortunately for the Allies, the Germans had no reserve forces available to push into the breach. No tactical advantage was won by this first use of the new weapon. The Germans promised, however, that ""more effective substances can be expected."" Meanwhile, they were condemned for the use of this novel weapon. |
| 12/11/1999 | Leander Paes capped a brilliant year with his successive Challenger title, this time in Jaipur, beating Barry Cowan in the final. |
| 2/11/1847 | Thomas Alva Edison, great scientist and inventor of electric light lamp, was born at Milan, Ohio. |
| 9/25/1990 | S. S. Chauhan, one of the students who had suffered severe burns while trying to immolate himself in protest against implementation of Mandal Commission Report, died. |
| 4/13/1999 | D. Sripada Rao, former Speaker of the Andhra Pradesh Assembly, is shot dead by People's War Group naxalites near Annaram village in Karimnagar district. |
| 6/17/1996 | Balasahab Devras, Sarsangha Chalak of Rashtriya Sawyamsewak Sangh, died. |
| 6/6/1997 | Five killed and 17 injured in a bus explosion in Gurdaspur district of Punjab. |
| 9/24/1922 | Jugal Mondal, social worker and politician, was born at Howrah. |
| 5/10/1857 | India's real mutiny begins with the revolt of Sepoys of Meerut near Delhi the next day. |
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