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Historical Event on 8/17/1882

Sir Ram Nath Chopra, noted professor of Pharmacology, was born.

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7/22/1918During the First World War, India's first fighter pilot Indra Lal Rai's plane was shot down in battle by Germans planes near London. Rai had fought for Britisher's Force.
10/4/1977Atal Bihari Vajpayee, External Affairs Minister of India, addressed the UNO General Assembly in Hindi language.
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5/11/1965The first of two cyclones in less than a month kills 35,000 people in the country.
1/20/1972Manipur, Meghalaya and Tripura become states of Indian union. Arunachal Pradesh and Mizoram become Union Territories. Assam's North East Frontier Agency (Nepha) was renamed as Arunachal Pradesh territory.
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