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Historical Event on 12/17/1971

Ceasefire between India & Pakistan in Kashmir and end of Indo-Pak war.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/10/1944Japanese troops take the Ngakyedauk Pass, cutting off the 7th Indian Division at Sinzweya, Burma.
5/31/1977Major Premchand and Naik Nima Dorji Sherpa, in the team on Indian Army Treckers, reached the peak of Kanchenjunga. They were amongst the first Indians to reach this peak.
8/8/1984P.T. Usha at Los Angeles sets record for 400m H. (Women) in 55.42.
3/12/1954Indian National Academy of Letters ""Sahitya Academy"" inaugurated by Dr. Radhakrishnan.
1/10/1912Prodosh Kusum Das Gupta, great artist and professor, was born at Dacca, Bangladesh.
1/26/1965Hindi Language is accepted as National language of India.
3/2/1913Bhavaniprasad Mishra was born.
6/18/1940Forward Block Party was established.
6/24/1763Murshidabad was captured by the East India Company under Major Adams for the second time, and Mir Jaffar was declared the King.
3/15/1996Kashmiri militants and Central govt. hold talks on ending violence and to initiate the democratic process in J&K.