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Historical Event on 8/17/1932
V.S. Naipaul, great Indian writer, was born.

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10/27/1999	Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) in Madhya Pradesh splits.
3/4/1961	First Indian aircraft carrier naval fighter vessel ''I.N.S. Vikrant'' was commissioned in Belfast.
12/16/1924	Nissim Ezekiel, educationist and author, was born.
4/13/1699	Khalsa Panth established.
8/9/1992	Golden jubilee celebrations of the Quit India Movement begin in Bombay.
11/5/1956	University Grants Commission Act sets up UGC.
7/19/1998	Tremors measuring 4.4 on the Richter scale rocked Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh.
2/17/1992	S. V. Sheshadri, sports journalist, passed away.
6/5/1984	Operation 'Blue Star' was launched by Indira Gandhi. Indian commandos stormed into Sikh's holiest gurudwara Golden Temple in Amritsar to flush out the terrorists and other anti-government elements. Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale and over 325 people were killed in the temple. Thus a great rebel arose all over the nation and specially in Punjab.
8/29/1993	Tamil refugees leave Madras for Sri Lanka apparently on their own free will.

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Historical Event on 8/17/1932 V.S. Naipaul, great Indian writer, was born.

Historical Event on 8/17/1932
V.S. Naipaul, great Indian writer, was born.