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Historical Event on 8/17/1848

Romesh Chunder Dutt, great political leader, writer and social worker, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/19/1982Bombay High Court finds allegations against Chief Minister A. R. Antulay justified. Antulay resigns.
2/4/1948Rakeshchandra Satchidananda Shukla, cricket leg-spinner (1 Test India v Sri Lanka 1982), was born in Kanpur.
12/4/1829Britain abolished ""sati"" in India (widow burning herself to death on her husband's funeral pyre)
12/24/1905Sen Triguna, educationist and technologist, was born.
3/2/1963China reports troops have left disputed area in India.
10/23/1999A Boeing 707 carrying Venezuela President Hugo Chavez and his entourage lands safely at Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport in Mumbai following a suspected tyre burst.
7/5/1658Aurangzeb arrested Murad.
11/30/1999The disinvestment panel headed by G. V. Ramakrishna demits office after the end of its three-year term.
11/28/2000Ram Vilas Paswan, Union Communications Minister, launches his political outfit 'Janashakti' at a rally in New Delhi.
5/24/1990Surjit Singh Barnala sworn in as Governor of Tamil Nadu.