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Historical Event on 6/17/1947

Burma was adopted as republic by constitution assembly.

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4/25/1998India protests against Pakistan raising the Kashmir issue at the first SAARC Information Ministers conference in Dhaka.
7/20/2000In a nationwide swoop, IT Department officials search the residences of cricketers Kapil Dev, Mohammad Azharuddin, Ajay Jadeja and former ICC Chairman Jagmohan Dalmiya and recover incriminating documents.
2/19/1915Gopal Krishna Gokhale, social reformer, political leader and freedom fighter, passed away.
3/9/1998Vishwanathan Anand,Chess legend, wins the Super Grand Master Title.
12/31/1995Air Chief Marshal Satish Kumar Sareen PVSM, AVSM, VM, ADC., became the Air Officer Commanding, Indian Air Force. He was in this office till 31/Dec/1998.
5/1/1994Six leading Akali factions dissolved to form a new party, the Shiromani Akali Dal-Amritsar, which wanted a 'Sikh State'.
9/29/2000Tata Ramachandra Prasad to be the next Cabinet Secretary.
2/22/1997India outplays Poland in the final hockey `Test' and win series 2-0.
2/22/1997Guru Angad Dev, Sikh Guru, passed away.
2/22/1997Banka Mahar, 'bhagwatbhakt', passed away by taking Samadhi.