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Historical Event on 9/17/1960

Agreement reached with Pakistan on the distribution of the River Indus and its tributaries.

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1/11/1921Vasudevacharya Kerur, famous Kannad novelist, drama writer and journalist, passed away.
3/25/199631st Gyanpith award presented to M.T. Vasudevan Nair at Trivandrum by Dr. Karan Singh.
10/23/1883Darashaw Nosherwan Wadia, a pioneer in Indian Geology, was born at Surat in Gujarat.
4/17/1998BJP Prof. Chaman Lal Gupta retains his Lok Sabha seat in the Udhampur-Doda-Kathna constituency defeating National Conference's Rajinder Kumar Chib by over 50,000 votes.
7/22/1999J. H. Patel, Karnataka Chief Minister, recommends dissolution of the Assembly and the Governor Khurshid Alam Khan accepts it. Earlier Mr. Patel drops eight Ministers including the Deputy Chief Minister Siddharamiah.
7/15/1920Earthquake in Delhi.
11/21/1991R. Nagarajan, former Tamil Nadu Home Secretary, arrested for harbouring LTTE militants.
1/29/1983Piloo Mody, veteran Parliament member and senior leader of Janata Party, passed away.
6/18/1993The 14th national council of the BJP at Bangalore swears by Hindutva.
3/1/1917J. F. Maden gave a preview of the first Bengali fiction film ""Satyawadi Raja Harischandra"".