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Historical Event on 8/17/1916
Amritlal Naagar was born.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 8/11/1961 | Dadra and Nagar Haweli declared as Union Territory States. |
| 4/23/1928 | Narasimha Murtey, educationist, was born at Nandur, A.P. |
| 6/10/1955 | Prakash Padukone, internationally famous Badminton player, was born. |
| 3/12/1942 | British troops vacate the Andaman in Gulf of Bengal. |
| 2/18/1823 | Gopal Hari Deshmukh, lokhitwadi, was born. |
| 2/14/1970 | Supreme Court holds nationalization of banks illegal. Presidential ordinance revalidates nationalization. |
| 11/24/1899 | Pandit Hiralal Shastri, great social worker, leader and first chief minister of Rajasthan state, was born at Jobner, Jaipur District. |
| 7/21/1962 | Passenger Train and Freight Train collided near Dumraon killing 69 persons. |
| 6/22/1975 | National Emergency was declared and censorship introduced. |
| 1/2/1979 | Gavaskar gets twin tons for India for the third time (vs West Indies). |
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