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Historical Event on 10/17/1949

The Constituent Assembly of India adopted Article 370 of the Constitution making special provisions for J&K.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/11/1959Vinoo Mankad plays his final Test Cricket (vs West Indies at Delhi).
5/27/1951Taraporewala Aquarium was inaugurated at Mumbai by President Dr. Rajendra Prasad.
3/7/2000A. Madhava Reddy, Andhra Pradesh Panchayati Raj Minister, dies in a landmine blast at Ghatkesar village in Ranga Reddy district.
3/2/1996Malabar University (Kerala) comes into being.
3/14/1993India seeks Interpol's assistance in investigating the sources of bomb blasts in Bombay.
1/3/1978Chandrasekar takes 6-52 at MCG in Indian innings win.
11/23/1926Sir Jagadish Chandra Bose, Indian plant physiologist and physicist, passed away. He investigated the properties of very short radio waves, wireless telegraphy and radiation-induced fatigue in inorganic materials. His physiological work involved comparative measurements of the responses of plants exposed to stress. His invention of highly sensitive instruments for the detection of minute responses by living organisms to external stimuli enabled him to anticipate the parallelism between animal and plant tissues noted by later bio-physicists.รก
7/3/1991Kailash Sethi was appointed as the Narcotics Commissioner of India. He headed this office till 22-07-1996.
1/8/1890Ramchandra Varma, renowned editor, was born. He also has the credit in making the Hindi Dictionary.
8/14/1942Usha Mehta, freedom fighter, started broadcasting from a secret transmitter on the wave length of 42.84 meters. This channel was used for freedom movement telecasts.