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Historical Event on 2/17/1948
Gorkha Rifles Battalion Group (INDBATT) unit was re-designated as the 5th Battalion the 8th Gorkha Rifles (the Sirmoor Rifles).
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| 1/30/1882 | Franklin Delano Roosevelt, great leader and social reformer, was born at Hyde Park, New York. |
| 6/6/1962 | General Election ( 3rd) of India ends. |
| 2/7/1908 | Manmanath Gupta was born. |
| 10/21/1995 | Suresh Mehta, Finance Minister in the outgoing Keshubhai Patel ministry, sworn in as the second BJP CM of Gujarat in Gandhinagar, ending the month-long political turmoil. |
| 8/29/1612 | Battle at Surat in India; English fleet beats Portuguese. |
| 8/17/1947 | The first British troop leaves for England after Indian independence. |
| 8/15/1994 | Sukumar Gupta, a socialist, dies. |
| 3/24/1998 | G.M.C. Balayogi of the Telugu Desam is elected Speaker of the Lok Sabha as the candidate of the BJP-led Government. |
| 5/1/1992 | C. Arjun, famous music director, passed away. |
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