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Historical Event on 1/17/1909
Bejoy Kumar Sinha, journalist and social worker, was born at Kanpur.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 2/17/1976 | New Zealand score their first innings win in Tests vs India. |
| 2/8/1912 | Girishchandra Ghosh, famous Bengali actor and dramatist, passed away. |
| 1/19/2000 | M.A. Chidambaram (81), leading industrialist and chairman of the MAC Group, died in Chennai. |
| 3/21/1976 | The Indian people have delivered a stinging rebuke to the woman who had ruled them without the benefit of a constitution for the past 19 months by dumping her from office in a landslide election. After 11 years of rule, Indira Gandhi has resigned, and in an uncharacteristically humble statement said she ""accepted the verdict unreservedly"" and promised ""constructive cooperation"" with the new government. The heads of the victorious parties immediately dropped the year-and-a-half-old state of emergency, freed political prisoners, and began negotiations over who would head the new government. |
| 8/15/2000 | Atal Bihari Vajpayee, Prime Minister, says in his Independence Day address, ""Borders cannot be redrawn either in the name of religion or on the strength of the sword"". |
| 7/16/1996 | Supreme Court says dowry demand even during marriage talks is an offence. |
| 2/7/1931 | Satpal Kapur, Congress leader, was born. |
| 6/15/1960 | Bardwan University was established in West Bengal. |
| 3/22/1906 | Bhagwant Bhikaji Samant, educationalist, was born. |
| 3/20/1997 | Maharashtra (like H.P.) proposes to make carrying for aged parents mandatory. |
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