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Historical Event on 12/17/1972

New line of control agreed to in Kashmir between India & Pakistan.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/13/1962Dr. Zakir Hussain became the Vice President (1962-67).
11/25/1995Namibian PM Hoge S. Geingob arrives in New Delhi.
10/18/1861Chintaman Vinayak Vaidya, historian and researcher, was born.
4/8/1992Congress (I) government led by Rajkumar Dorendra Singh sworn in in Manipur.
10/2/1994Gandhi Peace Prize instituted on the lines of Nobel Peace Prize on the great leader's 125th birth anniversary.
4/15/1946The Kangla Tongbi war memorial built for 221 members Advance Base Depot, who laid down their lives to repulse several waves of Japanese attacks, was erected near a village named Kangla Tongbi at Mile 8 on the Imphal - Dimapur road. It was originally erected from local stone and the main epitaph displayed above is of black Naga stone.
2/3/1997Major fire reduces Calcutta Book Fair to ashes.
9/24/1674Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj was second time crowned by 'Tantrik Paddhati'.
9/24/1999The Chief Controller of Defence Accounts (pensions) was renamed as the Principal Controller of Defence Accounts(Pensions), Allahabad.
5/1/199560 killed as Madras-Kanyakumari Express collides with a goods train at Danishpet.