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Historical Event on 7/17/1948

Govt. announced that all discriminations against women in matter of employment will be done away with and in future, women will be eligible for any public service including administrative sevice and police service.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/1/1979Jairamdas Doulatram, great national leader, freedom fighter and journalist, passed away at Delhi. He played a vital role to recognised Sindhi as one of the national laguages of India.
6/18/1988V.P.Singh defeats Congress rival Sunil Shastri in Allahabad Lok Sabha election.
11/20/1859Elfinstone, Governor of Bombay Province and historian, passed away.
10/2/1869Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (Mahatma Gandhi) born to a Bania (trading caste) family at Porbander, Kathiawar. He was the youngest of the three sons of Karamchand alias Kaba Gandhi, Prime Minister successively in Porbunder, Rajkot and Vankaner States, and his fourth wife Putlibai.
6/27/1922Vaidyalingam Akhiladam Perunglur, Gyanpeeth awardee and famous Tamil author, was born.
2/22/1845Serampore of Hooghly district and Balasore cities from Dutch purchased East Indian Company.
12/11/1991The centre notifies the interim order of the Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal directing Karnataka to release 205 tmc ft of water to Tamil Nadu.
12/8/1930British Gen. Norman Simpson shot at desk by Indian nationalists.
8/27/1910Mother Teresa, [Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu], nobel Prize awardee and social worker, was born in Skopje, Macedonia in Yugoslavia.
8/27/1910Admiral Dom Vasco-da-Gama (c.1469-1524)-I, Count of Vidigueira, met the Jamerin of Calicut after arriving in India three days ago at Malabar Coast. He was joined by an experienced Gujarati pilot at Malindi. He was the 6th Governor and 2nd Viceroy of India.