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Historical Event on 6/17/1824

Bureau of Indian Affairs established.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/17/1948Govt. 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.
7/3/1745Ranoji Shinde died.
6/5/1995A three-week long, the first ever Indo-US joint army training exercise begins.
4/21/1996Sanjay Thapar of the IAF (leader) becomes first Indian to parachute down to geometric North pole and unfurl the flag.
1/14/1896Chintaman Dwarkanath Deshmukh, former Finance Minister of India, was born.
1/16/1620Amarsingh I, Rajput's guhilot lineage king of Mewad, died.
9/1/1976Indira Gandhi asks for sweeping new powers at New Delhi.
6/16/1946Britain invites Indian leaders to set up an interim govt at London.
9/30/1963The USSR openly louded Indian view on Kashmir issue. This was against Pakistan's motives.
12/23/1912Rash Behari Ghosh and Sachin Sanyal threw a bomb at Viceroy Lord Hardinge II in Delhi. He had come to Delhi on an elephant for the initiation of the new capital. The Viceroy was injured in the bomb blast.