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Historical Event on 2/17/1980

Indira Gandhi dissolves nine state assemblies led by opposition. She imposed presidential rule in Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, U.P., Bihar, Orissa, M.P., Rajasthan, Punjab and Gujarat.

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8/12/1997Bar Council of India debars full-time law teachers from practising as lawyers.
1/12/1993Police firing at 15 places in Bombay; four foreign militants arrested.
9/22/1988PM announces Government's decision to drop Defamation Bill.
3/1/1775Purandhar Treaty was singed between Nana Phadnavis and British Army.
2/25/1760Lord Clive left India. His successors as Governors of India were J. Holwell and H. Vansittart from July 1760 to 1765. He was re-posted to India on May 3, 1765.
10/11/1876Saint Gadgebaba, Bengali story writer and novelist, was born.
9/3/1997India and E.U. sign an agreement envisaging a $200 m. E.U. aid for the country's primary health care programme.
4/10/1931Balasaheb Vikhe Patil, who worked in the region of Sahkar and Education, was born.
11/8/1919Madan Theatres Ltd. was founded under a Joint Stock Company at Calcutta. Their maiden venture 'Bilwamangal' was released on November 8, 1919 at the Cornwallis Theatre, Calcutta.
5/15/1998Pandit Ravi Shankar, Sitar maestro, receives the 1998 Polar music award.