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Historical Event on 6/17/1824

Bureau of Indian Affairs established.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/2/1951Dr. Shyamprasad Mukharjee established Bhartiya JanSangh Party.
4/30/1998Sukh Ram, former Union Minister, decides to resign as a Minister in the Himachal Pradesh Government.
5/13/1995Renowned environmentalist Maurice F. Strong chosen for the Jawaharlal Nehru International Understanding awarded for 1992.
6/29/2000The Election Commission derecognises seven regional parties in some states -- Samata Party in Haryana, Shiv Sena in Dadra and Nagar Haveli and the RJD in Manipur, NTR-Telugu Desam Party in Andhra Pradesh, the Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya) in Chandigarh, the United Minority Front in Assam and the Haryana Vikas Party in Haryana-- These will remain registered but unrecognised parties.
8/15/1985Accord reached on the Assam foreign nationals issue, agitation called off.
3/21/1996PSLV-D3 launched successfully.
9/9/1898Explosive Department of India was established at Nagpur. This is presently under the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Government of India.
2/24/1936Laxmibai Tilak, famous marathi poet, passed away.
8/28/1994Three medical officers of the Field Ambulance unit were killed when the Indian contingent was trying to stem the war in Somalia.
11/11/1973India's first International Philatelic Exihibition started in New Delhi.