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Historical Event on 8/17/1992
20 members of the Janata Dal led by Ajit Singh break away from the parent body seeking separate seats in the Lok Sabha.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 8/5/1992 | The Supreme Court appoints a 3-member panel to visit Ayodhya and report on the new structures there. |
| 5/25/1997 | Seven Pakistani infiltrators are killed in an encounter with BSF in Ranbir Singh Pora. |
| 11/13/1908 | Yeshwantrao Hindurao Ghorpade, former ruler and great industrialist, was born. |
| 3/24/1855 | First long distance telegram message was opened between Agra and Calcutta at a distance of 1,300 km. |
| 1/30/1948 | Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, the spiritual leader of Indian independence, was shot and killed by a Hindu extremist. The 78-year-old Gandhi was shot at point-blank range as he was walking through a garden to a pergola, where he was to deliver his daily prayer meeting. |
| 5/17/1994 | Nar Bahadur Bhandari voted out in Sikkim; Sikkim Sangram Parishad leader Sanchaman Limboo takes over as CM. |
| 2/23/1997 | Successful test firing of the 250-km version of the Prithvi missile. |
| 2/16/1896 | Suryakant Tripathi 'Nirala', great Hindi poet, litterateur, writer, social worker and editor, was born. |
| 4/2/1980 | S. S. Grewal was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 30-04-1981. |
| 4/25/1915 | The German High Command has admitted that chlorine gas bombs and shells were used in the attack on the French front at Ypres three days ago. The effect of the gas attack was to open a four-mile gap in the Allied line. The Canadian troops on one flank held against German attacks, and British and Indian forces filled the breach. Fortunately for the Allies, the Germans had no reserve forces available to push into the breach. No tactical advantage was won by this first use of the new weapon. The Germans promised, however, that ""more effective substances can be expected."" Meanwhile, they were condemned for the use of this novel weapon. |
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