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Historical Event on 1/17/1992
Shankar Ramchandra (Mamrao Date), veteran journalist, passed away.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 1/22/1989 | DMK swept to power in Tamil Nadu Assembly election. |
| 12/11/1998 | Kavi Pradeep (84), poet who received 1998 Dadasaheb Phalke award, dies in Mumbai. He was a patriotic song writer and wrote several immortal Hindi film songs. |
| 10/1/1991 | India takes over the presidency of Security Council with Ambassador G.R. Gharekhan in the chair. |
| 3/17/1798 | Rani Shiromani anounced to attack the British Army. |
| 10/2/1993 | Prime Minister's employment project started in urban areas. |
| 4/5/1950 | Spurred by recent clashes in East and West Bengal between Muslims and Hindus, Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru and his Pakistani couterpart Ali Khan today reached agreement on a ""Bill of Rights for Minorities"". This bill included a provision for ""drumhead justice,"" or summary justice to persons convicted of violating minority rights. |
| 12/25/1936 | Ismail Merchant, producer (Householder), was born in Bombay, India. |
| 3/21/1921 | Indian National Congress decided it's Flag. |
| 8/1/1927 | Dr. Rahi Masoom Raza, famous Hindi litterateur, was born. |
| 2/15/1951 | Stephen H. Smith, father and pioneer of Indian Aero Philately or air borne mail, passed away. |
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