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Historical Event on 8/17/1958
Sir John Hubert Marshal, excavator of Mohan-Jo-Daro and Takshashila, died.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 12/28/1972 | C. Rajagopalachari, the only Indian Governor General, died. |
| 2/18/1911 | World' s first official airmail flight service with 6,500 letters and post cards was made between Bamrauli to Naini (Allahabad) on February 18, 1911. |
| 1/26/1992 | Bharat Bhushan, the legendary romantic film hero of the 1950's, passed away at the age of 71 years. |
| 1/1/1988 | The Officers Training School (OTS) was re-christened as Officers Training Academy. Besides training Indian nationals, 74 cadets from Sri Lanka have also been trained at the OTA. |
| 9/6/1965 | Full scale warfare broke out all along the international border between West Pakistan and India. Pakistani troops advanced towards the Indian town of Akhnur in Kashmir and Pakistani paratroopers raided Punjab. |
| 10/17/1995 | BJP withdraws support to Mayavati Government in Uttar Pradesh. UP Governor Motilal Vohra accepts the resignation of Mayawati and her cabinet but asks her to continue as caretaker government. BJP's top brass takes the final decision to break with the BSP. |
| 3/11/1984 | India's first modern boas `Jalusha' started from Vishakhapattanam. |
| 2/3/1760 | Sadashiv Bhau, under a large Maratha army, defeated the Nizam in war of Udgir. |
| 6/24/1966 | Atul Chandrakant Bedade, cricketer (Indian ODI batsman from 1994), was born in Bombay. |
| 7/26/1933 | Gandhiji went back to Sabarmati Ashram after his release from jail. |
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