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Historical Event on 1/17/1833

William Rush, Indian sculptor (Spirit of the Schuylkill), passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/20/1859Elfinstone, Governor of Bombay Province and historian, passed away.
1/16/1992For the first time in a decade, India decides to import one million tonnes of wheat.
12/22/1977Nalinibala Devi, Assamese poet, passed died.
8/7/1990Govt. of India accepts the Mandal Commission's recommendations and decides to reserve 27\% jobs for the backward classes. Violent protests rock parts of Northern India against Mandal Commission.
11/29/2000India strikes a counter-trade oil deal with Iraq as part of an effort to build a strategic relationship with Baghdad.
6/20/1992CPM decides to back Dr. Sharma.
7/13/1660Baji Prabhu Deshpande, one of the warriors in Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj's kingdom, died.
1/9/1994Indian diplomats and staff members evacuated from war-ravaged Kabul.
3/16/1997The first batch of three Russian-made Sukhoi-30 combat aircraft reaches India.
2/1/1942No. 4 Squadron of the IAF was born in the war at Peshawar. The Squadron was first equipped with Lysander aircraft. The Second World War was in its third year and Japanese forces were advancing towards India's eastern frontiers.