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Historical Event on 3/17/1982

President's rule in Kerala.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/16/1856Ishwar Chand Vidyasagar, on the request of Governor Lord Canning, instituted a law announcing the right of Hindu widows for re-marriage.
9/8/1910Saint Shri Gajanan Maharaj died.
7/16/1959Suhridkumar Roy, famous geologist, died.
11/24/1992Lok Sabha approves bill seeking to confer Indian citizenship to a child born to an Indian mother outside the country.
5/15/1817Maharshi Devendranath Tagore, Bengali social reformer and father of Rabindranath Tagore, was born.
4/18/1971Gavaskar makes 220 in second innings vs West Indies after 124 in first.
12/31/1998Air Chief Marshal Anil Yashwant Tipnis, PVSM, AVSM, VM, ADC., became the Air Officer Commanding, India Command. He is the 18th Air Chief Marshal.
5/18/1995Sukhomoy Sengupta, 76, Tripura's first CM, passed away.
7/29/1904Jehangir Ratanji Dadabhai Tata, president of Tata industrial group, was born in Paris, France. He was the first pilot of India to be conferred with the Bharat Ratna.
8/12/1997Bar Council of India debars full-time law teachers from practising as lawyers.