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Historical Event on 8/17/1848

Romesh Chunder Dutt, great political leader, writer and social worker, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/10/1994President's rule in J&K extended for another 6 months beginning 3rd Sept.
3/16/1995K. Karunakaran resigns as CM of Kerala; Finance Minister presents Central Budget.
5/1/1998India and Peru sign agreements on space technology and agriculture during the visit of Indian President K. R. Narayanan there.
5/1/1998Pedro Cabral departs from Pourtugol with 13 ships to India.
3/8/1833Vishwanath Narayan Mandalik, famous journalist, writer and social reformer, was born.
9/10/1992All movable and immovable properties of big bull Harshad Mehta, and others involved in the Security scam, attached.
3/11/1999Indian Davis Cup player and Asian Games gold medallist Gaurav Natekar announced in Mumbai his retirement from competitive tennis.
1/9/1923Satyendranath Tagore, Bengali litterateur, passed away.
12/17/1972New line of control agreed to in Kashmir between India & Pakistan.
1/21/2000The Samata Party National Executive elects Mrs. Jaya Jaitley as its president.