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Historical Event on 8/17/1986

In the Jehovah's Witnesses' case, the Supreme Court rules that ""singing National Anthem is not obligatory"".

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11/25/1999Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam is appointed Principal Scientific Advisor to the Government of India.
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1/23/1997Statue of Subhash Bose unveiled inside Parliament House.
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2/24/1994Sharp increase in freight rates in the 1994-95 Railway budget; Pre-budget Economic Survey puts GDP growth in 1993-94 at 3.8\%.
10/26/1969Neil Armstrong, the first men to land on Moon by 'Apollo II ', and Edwin Aldrin came to Bombay.
11/6/1993First-ever elections to the Delhi Assembly.