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Historical Event on 7/17/1948

Govt. announced that all discriminations against women in matter of employment will be done away with and in future, women will be eligible for any public service including administrative sevice and police service.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/16/1954French rule ends in Mahe. De facto power was transferred to the people and the Indian flag hoisted.
11/20/1999P.G.S. Mony, Indian scientist, is honoured by the French Government.
3/25/193150 killed in riots in India; Gandhi assaulted.
6/17/1965Motilal, famous actor, died.
10/5/1907British MP Keir Hardie reported fomenting rebellion in India.
12/4/1993Mulayam Singh Yadav, takes over as CM of UP; Bhairon Singh Sekhawat of Congress sworn in as CM of Rajasthan.
12/10/1998Prof. Amartya Sen receives the 1998 Nobel Prize for Economics.
7/1/1989New Governors were appointed in five states. Gen. K. V. Krishna Rao became Governor for J&K.
5/27/1952United Nationalist Party and the Indian Democratic Party combined to form one opposition party - National Democratic Party with Dr. S. P. Mukherjee as leader.
3/12/1996Last session of the 10th Lok Sabha ends.