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Historical Event on 3/17/1943

Indian troops retreat from Rathedaung to Buthidaung in the face of a renewed Japanese offensive on the Arakan front in Burma.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/17/1943Rumi, famous Muslim Sufi poet, was born.
2/6/195555 miners die in explosion in Bihar State.
7/11/1953Suresh Prabhakar Prabhu was born in Mumbai (Mahatrahtra).
1/12/1934Surya Sen (Master Da), revolutionary leader of the Indian Republican Army, who attacked the armoury of Chittagong with 62 men of the Indian Republican Army, was hanged at Chittgong Jail by the Britishers.
1/11/1858Shridhar Pathak, famous Hindi poet, was born.
2/5/1924Gandhiji was released after operated on for appendicitis in Sassoon Hospital, Poona.
3/15/1908Police shoot four people in rioting.
11/28/1945Australia Services draw second Victory Test Cricket vs India at Calcutta.
6/14/1991Punjab was declared ""disturbed area""; army deployed.
6/14/1990Veerendra Verma sworn in as the new Governor of Punjab and Administrator of Chandigarh.