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Historical Event on 1/17/1952

The pension work of CDA (Factories), Calcutta and the Defence civilians in ordnance factories was transferred to the office of the CDA (P), Allahabad.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/31/1959Dalai Lama fled China & was granted political asylum in India.
1/1/1918Sir Edwin Lutyens was knighted in recognition of his quality of work at Delhi and his gratuitious services to the War Graves Commission.
9/19/1962Jawaharlal Nehru was devastated when China began attacks on India's northern frontier leading to Indo-China War.
3/25/1931Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi matyred in Hindu-Muslim riot at Kanpur. He was also the Editor of weekly 'Pratap'.
11/15/1992Praveen Amre scores century (103) on Test Cricket debut vs South Africa at Durban
10/31/1920Inaugural session of the All India Trade Union Congress was conducted in Bombay.
9/22/1937The last contingent of Indian freedom fighters was send to Andaman & Nicobar Islands.
2/8/1912Girishchandra Ghosh, famous Bengali actor and dramatist, passed away.
2/8/1912Acharya Surdasji, famous poet in Hindi and great devotee of Lord Krishna, was born.
9/25/1946Bishan Singh Giansingh Bedi, cricketer (mighty Indian slow left-armer 1966-79), was born in Amritsar. He received the Arjun Award (1969) and the Padmashree (1970).