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Historical Event on 8/17/1780
Indian Governor General Warren Hastings duel with Francis to settle personal and official quarrels. Francis was wounded but survived.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 9/2/1946 | Pratham Chaudhary (Birbal), modern Bengali poet and critic, passed away. |
| 9/16/1954 | The Lok Sabha adopted a clause in the Special Marriage Bill providing for divorce by consent. |
| 1/28/1984 | Sohrab Meherwanji Modi, famous drama and film producer, director and actor, passed away. |
| 12/16/1770 | Ludwig Van Beethoven, greatest musician, poet and innovator, was born. |
| 6/12/1970 | Gopinath Kaviraj, Padmavibhushan awardee and critic, passed away. |
| 6/24/1991 | Jayalalitha ministry sworn in in Tamil Nadu. |
| 8/15/1994 | Sukumar Gupta, a socialist, dies. |
| 5/15/2000 | Ghulam Hassan Bhat, Jammu and Kashmir Minister of State for Power, dies in a powerful IED explosion near Mandipore in Anantnag. |
| 4/20/1991 | Ganesh Sadashiv Bhat, famous Marathi film director and President's Award winner of 1963, passed away. |
| 4/3/1992 | Nagaland brought under President's rule. |
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