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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 |
| 2/13/1969 | Subroto Tara Banerjee, cricketer (Indian quickie & Dennis Lillee protegee), was born in Patna. |
| 1/14/1990 | India and Maldives scrap visas. |
| 9/9/1850 | Bhartendu Harish Chander, father of modern Hindi literature, poet and dramatist, was born. |
| 3/14/1992 | NTR expels Upendra and six others from Telegu Desam Party. |
| 8/7/1990 | Govt. of India accepts the Mandal Commission's recommendations and decides to reserve 27\% jobs for the backward classes. Violent protests rock parts of Northern India against Mandal Commission. |
| 3/26/1996 | Indian all-rounder Manoj Prabhakar announces retirement from international cricket. |
| 8/20/1991 | India's Ambassador to Romania J.F.Ribeiro shot by Sikh extremists in Bucharest. |
| 11/11/1923 | Shamasunder Gururaj Mudgal, great educationist, was born at Bijapur, Bagalkot. |
| 5/13/1923 | Moinul Haque Choudhury, social reformer and politician, was born at Sonabarighat (Assam). |
| 2/19/1812 | Congregational missionaries Adoniram Judson, 23, and his wife Ann, 22, first sailed from New England to Calcutta. (Judson eventually concentrated his labors in Burma). |
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