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Historical Event on 11/17/1953

Sadanand Swaminathan, famous journalist, passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/1/1846Dwarkanath Tagore, a Hindu philanthropist, died in London.
6/10/1900Jayantnath Chaudhary, former General of Indian Army General, was born.
2/7/1687Mughal army won the Gowalkonda fort. Kutubshahi came to end.
10/30/1994India seeks Chinese support for Security Council membership.
5/23/1947The U.K. Cabinet today took the historic step of agreeing to Lord Mountbatten's proposal for the partition of India into two states, one Muslim and the other Hindu. The Viceroy is to have a series of talks with Lord Listowel, the Secretary for India.
7/5/1947Indian Act, 1947 was presented in British Parliament, which was then accepted by the emperor on 18th July.
1/14/1758Emperor of England's charter allowed the East India Company to keep to any booty taken in war against the enemies of the king and the company. The confisticated goods, after the war, could be kept with them.
6/26/1888Narayan Shripad Rajhans (Balgandharv), famous singer and actor, was born.
10/30/1949Pramond Venkatesh Devidas Mahajan was born in Mahaboobnagar (Andhra Pradesh).
4/15/1997Interest rate on domestic term deposits brought down from 10 to nine per cent by RBI.