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Historical Event on 8/17/1985
Rajiv Gandhi announces Punjab state elections in India.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 12/6/1946 | Anglo-Indian talks end in failure after three days at London. |
| 12/12/1976 | Madanlal Dhingra's ashes were brought to India. |
| 10/3/1997 | Devi Lal floats a new party 'Haryana Lok Dal'. |
| 10/20/1905 | Mohansing Mahir, famous modern Punjabi poet, was born. |
| 10/20/1905 | Firuz Shah Tughluq, the third emperor of Delhi, died at the age of 83. |
| 9/12/1912 | T. A. Ramachandran, cricket Test Umpire of one test during 1948-49, was born in Tamil Nadu. |
| 1/18/1999 | Prof. Amartya Sen, Nobel Laureate, is selected for Bharat Ratna. |
| 8/9/1970 | Trailokyanath Chakravarty died in Delhi. |
| 5/2/1981 | Dr. Yashwant Singh Parmar, the architect of modern Himachal Pradesh and an energetic Chief Minister, passed away. |
| 8/29/1959 | India sends troops to Tibet border to block the Chinese. |
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