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Historical Event on 2/17/1992

Tripura's Congress (I) ministry falls as TUJS withdraws support.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/10/1857India's real mutiny begins with the revolt of Sepoys of Meerut near Delhi the next day.
10/27/1920Kocheril Raman Narayanan was born in the village of Uzhavoor in Kottayam district, Kerala.
8/17/1916Amritlal Naagar was born.
1/15/1993PM asks for judicial probe into Bombay riots, sanctions Rs. 1 crore aid for victims.
7/11/1997Ten persons were killed as police opened fire on Dalit mob which attacked vehicles in protest against desecration of Ambedkar bust in Ramabai Ambedkar Nagar in north-east Mumbai.
5/14/1993Bombay High Court upholds Goa C.M. Ravi Naik's disqualification by speaker under anti-defection bill.
1/28/1937Suman Kalyanpurkar, famous singer, was born.
6/17/1991Bharat Ratna, India's highest award, was given to Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel (Posthumous) (1875-1950).
9/1/1976Indira Gandhi asks for sweeping new powers at New Delhi.
9/1/1976Amir Timur of Timur Lang invaded India with 92 squadrons of horses and 90,000 cavalry and reached the banks of Sindhu river near Atak city (now in Pakistan). He then attacked Delhi because its Muslim Sultanate was too tolerant of Hindu idolatry. A Mongolian follower of Sufism, he was one of the most ruthless of all conquerors. Timur crossed the Indus River at Attock (now in Pakistan) on 24 September 1398.