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Historical Event on 3/17/1957

New Central Cabinet under J. L. Nehru sworn in.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/28/1904First car rally between Calcutta to Barakpur held.
9/23/1965The Indian Army secured the Kashmir Valley and the only object left was to clean out the remnants of the Gibraltar Force. Under the guidance of United Nations, the cease-fire came into effect.
6/10/1959Tyagmurti Goswami Ganeshdutt, social worker, died near Hardwar.
11/8/1960Subroto Mukherjee died while having dinner in Tokyo, where he had gone with the Air India International Airlines which made its first inaugural flight to the city of Tokyo, Japan.
9/10/1966Parliament approved the Punjab Re-organisation Bill for the formation of Haryana and Punjab as two independent states.
1/26/1931Gandhiji was unconditionally released from prison.
6/10/199718 persons were killed and 10 wounded by suspected National Liberation Front of Tripura militants at Thalchhara near Agartala.
3/9/1836Navalram Lakshmiram Pandya, famous writer and Gujrati critic , was born.
5/25/1937Munshi Ajmeri passed away.
5/26/1926Kankalta, freedom fighter, was born in Bargawadi village at Assam . She was shot when she tried to flur the Indian National Flag in Gopur, Assam.