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Historical Event on 11/17/1835
James Todd, researcher and writer of Rajput history, passed away.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 3/13/1991 | President R. Venkataraman dissolves the Lok Sabha. |
| 6/1/1993 | Premkumar Sharma, MLA of Bhartiya Janata Party, was assassinated. |
| 10/20/1954 | Surendra Vithal Nayak "Suru Nayak", cricketer (two Tests for India v England 1982), was born in Bom |
| 11/23/1990 | Madhavrao Ganesh (Balasaheb Dixit), founder of daily news paper ""Turun Bharat"", passed away. |
| 11/21/1963 | First sounding rocket launched from Thumba Equatorial Rocket Launching Station (TERLS). Thus started India's space programme. |
| 5/12/1666 | Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj meet Aurangzeb and was arrested. |
| 2/6/1952 | George VI (1895-1952), King of the United Kingdom, died of lung cancer at the age of 56 (succeeded by daughter, Elizabeth II). In 1947, His title of Emperor of India was deleted. |
| 8/3/1998 | India's most sophisticated medium range surface-to-air missile ''Akash'' was test-fired from the interim test range at Chandipur-on-sea. |
| 2/3/1916 | Banaras Hindu University was opened under the guidance of Madan Mohan Malaviya. |
| 2/14/1959 | Nehru tells the International Conference on Planned Parenthood that Indian family planning efforts have not stopped population growth. |
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