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Historical Event on 12/17/1933
Lala Amarnath scores a century (118) in his Test Cricket debut.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 5/11/1991 | Naxalities in Andhra abduct P. Sudhir Kumar, son of the former Union Minister Shiv Shankar. |
| 8/19/1947 | Vinayak Damodar Karnataki (Master Vinayak), famous Marathi actor, director and producer, died. |
| 3/26/1980 | Bombay gets its first rock concert in 10 years (The Police). |
| 5/29/1993 | Ramesh More, Shiv Sena MLA, was murdered. |
| 8/3/1970 | Chonira Beliappa Muthamma, first women career diplomat, appointed ambassador to Hungary. |
| 12/1/1970 | T. Swaminathan was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 02-11-1972 |
| 7/20/1993 | British parliament ratifies the Indo-British extradition treaty. |
| 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. |
| 6/23/1985 | Air India Jumbo Jet Boeing 747 'Kanishka' which was travelling to Mumbai from Montreal crashed into the Atlantic Ocean after explosion near Ireland. 329 people on board died. |
| 6/6/1997 | U.S. Congress honours Mother Teresa with a gold medal. |
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