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Historical Event on 12/17/1971

Ceasefire between India & Pakistan in Kashmir and end of Indo-Pak war.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/29/1959India sends troops to Tibet border to block the Chinese.
12/7/1989Hemananda Biswal sworn in as Orissa Chief Minister.
9/30/1996Phase I assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh.
8/18/1923Sadashiv ""Sadu"" Ganpatrao Shinde, cricketer (Indian leg-spinner during the late 1940's and early 1950's), was born in Bombay.
7/14/1656Guru Har Kishan, the eight Sikh, was born.
11/25/1956Lal Bahadur Shastri, Railway Minister, resigns from the office or Railway Minitery, taking moral responsibility for Ayyapan rail disaster thus setting a rare example for politicians.
1/1/1985United Nations General Assembly proclaimed the year as the ""International Youth Year""(IYY) with the theme ""Participation, Development and Peace"".
1/14/1995Ban on VHP re-imposed.
9/9/1949Hindi was accepted as the national language of India.
7/11/1979The Lok Sabha commenced a four-day debate on the no-confidence motion against the 21-month-old Janata Government.