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Historical Event on 12/17/1959
Pattabhi Sitaramayya, president of Indian National Congress and politician, died at the age of 78.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 5/31/1987 | Daman and Diu to remain as union territories after Goa becomes the 25th state of India. |
| 11/19/1978 | Gavaskar gets twin cricket tons for India for second time. |
| 11/3/1961 | Gold Bond scheme was started to boost Indian economy after Indo-China war. |
| 6/11/2000 | Rajesh Pilot, Congress(I) leader and former Union Minister, died in a road accident in his home constituency, Dausa. |
| 6/23/1761 | Balaji Bajirao (Nanasaheb), third peshwa, died at Pune, after losing in the Third Battle of Panipat on 12 June. |
| 4/1/1869 | Income Tax was imposed. On the same day New Indian Divorce Act came into operation. |
| 4/17/1946 | Bellary Raghava, famous actor, social worker, lawyer and dramatist, passed away. |
| 12/23/1900 | Charansingh Chaudhary, former Prime Minister of India and a farmer's leader, was born. |
| 12/31/1995 | Air Chief Marshal Satish Kumar Sareen PVSM, AVSM, VM, ADC., became the Air Officer Commanding, Indian Air Force. He was in this office till 31/Dec/1998. |
| 12/31/1995 | Emperor Humayun, son of Babar, was born in Kabul. |
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