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Historical Event on 6/17/1824

Bureau of Indian Affairs established.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/29/1993Jahangir Ratanji Dadabhai Tata ""J.R.D. Tata"", Bharat Ratna awardee, Father of Modern Indian Industries and founder of Indian Aviation industry, passed away at 89 in Gen
3/1/1908A.E.T. Barrow, educationist, was born.
4/21/1992RBI eases credit policy, lending rates reduced from 6 to 4; 13\% interest ceiling on deposits.
6/4/1955Ministry of Iron & Steel inaugurated.
3/31/1995Bombay beat Punjab in 1st innings to win cricket Ranji Trophy.
5/25/1961Woorkeri Venkar Raman, left-hand batsman and slow-spin bowler, was born in Madras.
1/30/1971Indian Airline's Fokker Friendship aircraft in India was hijacked to Lahore.
9/19/1962Jawaharlal Nehru was devastated when China began attacks on India's northern frontier leading to Indo-China War.
8/30/1903Bhagwati Charan Varma was born.
3/3/1939Gandhiji commences ""fast unto death"" at Rajkot to protest state's autocratic rule at Bombay and to secure ruler's adherence of promise given towards reform administration, and ends it on March 7 on Viceroy's intervention.