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Historical Event on 8/17/1986
In the Jehovah's Witnesses' case, the Supreme Court rules that ""singing National Anthem is not obligatory"".
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 4/8/1946 | HMS Vengeance, sailed with 22 aircraft of No. 4 Sqn, halted at Singapore for re-fueling and set course for Iwakuni, a port of Kyushu island. |
| 11/9/1990 | JD expels Gujarat CM Chimanbhai Patel and UP CM Mulayam Singh Yadav from Legislative wings and primary membership of the party. |
| 5/9/1998 | Playback singer Talat Mehmood, 75, passed away in Mumbai. |
| 10/24/1890 | Shishirkumar Mitra, Physics expert, was born in Calcutta. |
| 9/10/1911 | Jatin Chakravorty, social reformer, politician and trade unionist, was born at Comilla, Bangladesh. |
| 1/22/1980 | Bal Ram Jakhar elected Lok Sabha Speaker. |
| 11/14/1967 | Saba Karim, Indian ODI wicket-keeper 1997, was born. |
| 6/23/1997 | Acharya Tulsi, the founder of Terapanthi sector in Jainism, died. (20-10-98). |
| 9/11/1968 | Central Government provides more autonomy to hilly region of Assam. |
| 1/10/1987 | Sikh terrorists murder Punjab prison chief in Chandigarh. |
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