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Historical Event on 12/17/1645
Noorjahan Begum passed away.
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| 9/14/1893 | Celebration of 'Sarvajanik Ganeshotsav' (Festival of Lord Ganesha) started. |
| 5/13/1995 | Renowned environmentalist Maurice F. Strong chosen for the Jawaharlal Nehru International Understanding awarded for 1992. |
| 10/24/1930 | Raj Bagri, Indies and British merchant in metal, was born. |
| 10/15/1990 | Bharat Ratna, India's highest award, was given to Dr. Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela (b-1918), the South African black nationalist leader who arrived in India on a five-day visit. He is the first non-Asian to get this honour. |
| 10/2/1942 | Menka Devi, freedom fighter, was arrested by the police when she and her friends were carrying out Gandhi Jayanti procession. She was tortured with cigar butts and the administration set her house on fire. |
| 4/11/1913 | Iron ropes bridge known as 'Laxman Jhula' was constructed over Ganga at Hrishikesh |
| 11/17/1999 | India beats New Zealand by seven wickets to win the one-day cricket series in New Delhi. Saurav Ganguly adjudged the 'man of the match' and 'man of the series'. |
| 9/1/1893 | Kashinath Tryambak Telang, first Maharashtrian Chief Justice of Mumbai High Court, died. |
| 6/29/1998 | Government decides to grant full statehood for Delhi and create three new States namely Uttaranchal, Vananchal and Chattisgarh. |
| 1/17/1922 | T. A. Pai, former Central Minister and bank expert, was born. |
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