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Historical Event on 8/17/1958
Sir John Hubert Marshal, excavator of Mohan-Jo-Daro and Takshashila, died.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 1/10/1993 | Advani, Joshi released on court orders. |
| 1/20/1871 | Sir Ratanji Jamshedji Tata, famous Indian industrialist, was born. |
| 3/20/1970 | Establishment of Muslim Satyashodhak Samaj. |
| 10/30/1887 | Sukumar Roy, famous Bengali children's litterateur, was born. |
| 8/20/1991 | India's Ambassador to Romania J.F.Ribeiro shot by Sikh extremists in Bucharest. |
| 4/8/1993 | Dasarath Deb, veteran tribal leader, elected leader of the Left and Democratic Front legislature party in Tripura. |
| 3/3/1939 | Gandhiji commences ""fast unto death"" at Rajkot to protest state's autocratic rule at Bombay and to secure ruler's adherence of promise given towards reform administration, and ends it on March 7 on Viceroy's intervention. |
| 3/23/1967 | Pandey Bechain Sharma (Ugra) passed away. |
| 2/13/1968 | Atal Bihari Vajpayee elected President of the All India Jan Sangha. |
| 4/3/1950 | Jayprakash Shankarrao Mundada, cabinet Minister of BJP-Shiv Sena alliance, was born. |
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