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Historical Event on 12/17/1961
Provocative action against our nationals in the vicinity of Anjadip Island and Portugal's belligerent attitude to the problems of its colonial possessions in this country, resulted in the Government of India's decision to liberate Goa, Daman and Diu. Operations were launched at night.

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1/18/1959	Miss Meera Behn, follower of Gandhi, left India for good.
10/1/1992	Broadcasting of Zee TV started.
8/26/1927	Second Radio Centre was started in Calcutta.
7/29/1748	Boscawen landed 25 km south of Pondicherry.
2/11/1942	Jamnalal Bajaj, greatest iIndustrialist, social reformer, freedom fighter and Gandhiwadi, passed away.
5/22/1936	Lord Brabourne laid the foundation stone of Brabourne Stadium in Bombay.
6/19/1990	13 Sri Lankan Tamils, including EPRLF Secretary General Padmanabha, were shot dead in Madras reportedly by LTTE men.
3/5/1948	C. Rajagopalachari appointed the first Indian Governor General to succeed Lord Mountbatten on 21 June.
1/3/1921	First Indian Parliament meets.
12/14/1998	The Supreme Court allows Karnataka to begin skeletal work on erection of 26 crest gates at the Almatti dam on the Krishna at ''its own risk and cost'', but directs it not to raise the dam height beyond the present 509 metres.

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