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Historical Event on 12/17/1877

Feroz Shah died at Makka, Saudi.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/1/1963Nagaland becomes the 16th state of Indian union.
1/23/1897Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose, great nationalist leader and freedom fighter, was born at Cuttack. At the age of 23, he was ranked fourth in the I.C.S. Examination in London and fought against the British with his Azad Hind Fauj in the second World War.
5/14/1994RBI announces tight monetary policy.
12/24/1973E.V.Ramasami, founder of DMK party, prominent leader, great social worker and revolutionary freedom fighter, died at the age of 94.
11/15/1817Battle of Yerwada.
11/15/1992At least 170 people die in heavy rains and floods in Tamil Nadu and Kerala.
3/1/1997India under-19 team wins third `Test', claims three-test series 2-0 win in Matara.
8/15/1947At the stroke of midnight, India is free after 163 years of British Raj. At the same time Muslims win a degree of freedom from Hindus. They have their own separate dominion Pakistan in the British Commonwealth Sect.
3/1/1917Kartar Singh Duggal, famous author, was born at Dhamyal, Pakistan.
7/23/1964Samrendranath Roy, great statistician, passed away.