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Historical Event on 12/17/1972

New line of control agreed to in Kashmir between India & Pakistan.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/20/1969Varahagiri Venkata Giri was elected President and G. S. Pathak as Vice President of India.
2/6/195555 miners die in explosion in Bihar State.
10/28/1981Underground Metro Train Compartments were tested on trial basis at Calcutta.
4/30/1863Naval Force East India Comapny was merged with the British Naval Fleet.
10/28/1998Ghulam Ahmed, former Indian cricket captain, died in Hyderabad.
3/24/1998200 people are killed in a tornado on both sides of the West Bengal-Orissa border. The toll includes 80 from West Bengal's Midnapore district.
10/31/1885St. Stephen's Hospital was opened. It was the first hospital for women and children at Delhi.
8/18/1891Jain Muni Mishrimalji, poet, social reformer and orator, was born at Pali, Rajasthan.
8/18/1891Saint Eknath, bhagwatbhakt, passed away.
11/17/1947Rajendra Prasad elected the President of Indian National Congress.