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Historical Event on 11/17/1947

Rajendra Prasad elected the President of Indian National Congress.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/24/1952The first International Film Festival of India held in Bombay, this event had a great impact on Indian Cinema.
5/3/1927Riots between Sikhs and Muslims in Lahore claims 14 lives and leaves 100 injured.
3/8/1864Hari Narayan Apte, a well known Marathi writer who popularised social and historical themes in his novels, was born. He presided over the 8th Marathi Sahitya Sammelen in 1912.
4/4/1786In British Parliament, Berk alleged 11 corruption charges against Indian Governor General Warren Hastings.
1/2/1993Allahabad court allows 'darshan' at Ayodhya.
11/1/1927Ghani Khan Chaudha, political leader, was born.
5/1/1964Ravishankar University was established at Raipur in Madhya Pradesh.
4/26/1995Indian Newspaper Society (INS) calls off stir plans following Government conceding a major demand of the newspaper industry by putting newsprint on the Open General Licence (OGL) and abolish the condition requiring newspapers to buy two tonnes of indigenous newsprint in order to import one tonne.
12/4/1999A batch of 1,690 Indian soldiers leave for Sierra Leone to join the U.N. Mission to implement the peace accord.
1/9/1664Shivaji started Surat campaign and left the city after plundering the place.