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Historical Event on 10/17/1903
7th Madras Infantry was re-established as 67th Punjabi Infantary.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 5/18/1912 | Narayan Govind Chitre, with the help of R. P. Tipnis and Cameraman Johnson, produced a 8000 ft. long theatrical film 'Pundalik', which was directed by Ramchandra Torney alias Dada Saheb Torne. The entire film was shot in a theatre at Mangaldas Wadi in Bombay, where the Sangit Mandali, a professional theatre group, was performing a play 'Pundalik'. The film was released on May, 18 in the Coronation Cinematograph at Girgaum, Bombay. |
| 7/24/1993 | Vajpayee elected leader of the Opposition in Lok Sabha. |
| 9/18/1615 | Thomas Roe presented himself at Jahangir's court in Ajmer. He left India on February 17, 1618. |
| 1/27/1931 | Mahatma Gandhi was released from jail, ending eight months of imprisonment for his campaign of civil disobedience against British rule. To avoid demonstrations, Gandhi was released late in the evening from the Yerovda jail and put on a night train to Bombay. There was hope in British circles that the release of Gandhi would end the strife and lead to discussions of dominion status. Gandhi made clear, however, that he would persist in his civil disobedience campaign. |
| 3/24/1977 | Ban on RSS and 26 other organisations lifted. |
| 6/19/1999 | The ''people's bus'' from Calcutta rolls into Dhaka and is formally received by the Prime Minister and his Bangladesh counterpart. |
| 2/4/1993 | D. C. Kothari, famous scientist and educationalist, passed away. |
| 3/9/1997 | Mumbai takes Wills Trophy in Mohali. |
| 3/9/1997 | Mughals, under the leadership of Akbar, defeated Hindu ruler Hemu in the second battle of Panipat. |
| 12/11/1990 | T. N. Seshan appointed CEC, and Mohan Dharia Deputy Chairman of the Planning Commission. |
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