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Historical Event on 2/17/1948
Gorkha Rifles Battalion Group (INDBATT) unit was re-designated as the 5th Battalion the 8th Gorkha Rifles (the Sirmoor Rifles).
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| 6/15/1991 | General Election (10th) of India ends. In this election Indian National Congress won. |
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| 7/22/1918 | During the First World War, India's first fighter pilot Indra Lal Rai's plane was shot down in battle by Germans planes near London. Rai had fought for Britisher's Force. |
| 4/23/1926 | Madhavrao Sapre, great political leader, passed away. |
| 1/7/1859 | The Bahadur Shah II case trial was started, which ended on March 29. |
| 1/18/1990 | Farooq Abdullah, J&K CM, quits. |
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