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Historical Event on 6/17/1824
Bureau of Indian Affairs established.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 7/28/1939 | Tarun Ram Phookun, great lawyer, orator, eminent writer and President of the Assam Chhatra Sammelan in 1928, passed away. |
| 5/9/1981 | Durga Bai Deshmukh passed away at Hyderabad. She was a social reformer, freedom fighter, planner, administrator, educationist and parliamentarian. She worked for peace, social welfare and for betterment of the downtrodden. |
| 3/15/1998 | Mr. Vajpayee is appointed Prime Minister. The number of MPs supporting the formation of a government by the BJP stands at 264 in a house of 539, just short of the working majority of 270. However, the President sees the figure as crossing the half-way mark as the Telugu Desam decides to remain neutral. Earlier, the Congress(I) conveys to the President its decision not to stake claim to form a government. |
| 2/25/1938 | Farokh Manekshaw Engineer, great Indian cricket wicket-keeper (1961-75), was born in Bombay. |
| 7/8/1972 | Sourav Chandidas Ganguly, cricketer (centuries in 1st two Tests for India 1996), was born in Calcutta. |
| 3/5/1990 | Government announces an interim relief of Rs. 360 crore to 5 lakh victims of the 1984 Bhopal gas tragedy. |
| 10/18/1927 | Ramesh Vithaldas Divecha, cricketer (11 wickets for India in early 50's), was born in Bombay. |
| 9/2/1960 | Dr. Shankar Purushottam Adharkar, famous Botanist in India, passed away. |
| 6/15/1960 | Bardwan University was established in West Bengal. |
| 11/22/1718 | Durgadas Rathore, social reformer, died on the banks of the Sipra at Ujjain. |
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