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Historical Event on 11/17/1947
Rajendra Prasad elected the President of Indian National Congress.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 2/8/1985 | P. K. Kaul was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 22-08-1986. |
| 6/13/1965 | Maninder Singh Harbansingh Billa, cricketer (Indian leftarm spinner in 35 Tests 1982-93), was born in Pune. |
| 9/17/1929 | La Fontaine, Air Chief Marshal D A La Fontaine PVSM and AVSM, VM, was born in Madras. |
| 1/20/1897 | Gandhiji declines to prosecute assailants. |
| 6/1/1786 | Madras General Post Office started functioning. |
| 6/6/1890 | Gopinath Bardoloi, architect of modern Assam, freedom fighter and leader, was born. |
| 3/15/1901 | Guru Hanuman was born at Jhunjhunu, Rajasthan. He was the pioneer and contributor of wrestling in India. He was bestowed with the Padamshri in 1983. His pupil Satpal and Kartar Singh won Gold Medals in Asian Games. |
| 10/10/1937 | Anant Bhave, famous Marathi litterateur and news announcer on Doordarshan, was born. |
| 12/22/1998 | Janata Dal's S. Jaipal Reddy selected for the ''best parliamentarian award'' for 1998. |
| 9/29/1942 | The British police shot Matangini Hazra, a 72-year old woman of Tamluk town in Midnapur district, when she was leading the flag at Tamluk in August movement procession. |
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