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Historical Event on 12/17/1933
Lala Amarnath scores a century (118) in his Test Cricket debut.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 7/12/1674 | Chhatrapati Shivaji signed a friendship treaty with East India Company. |
| 5/9/1959 | Karmaveer Bhaurao Patil, founder of Rayat Educational Institute, passed away. |
| 8/3/1991 | About 280 kgs of gold ornaments valued at $15 million, which had been deposited in the Portuguese bank in Goa by its natives, flown back to India. |
| 7/15/1936 | Hridayanand 'Kumaresh' Tiwari, great Hindi poet and writer, was born in Reoti, U.P. |
| 7/18/1953 | Riots against increase in streetcar fares continue with demonstrators taking control of parts of Calcutta. |
| 3/21/1977 | Internal Emergency, promulgated on June 25, 1975, withdrawn by Prime Minister Indira Gandhi. |
| 3/8/2000 | The Gujarat Government withdraws its January 3 notification, thus reimposing the ban on its employees from participating in RSS activities. |
| 1/18/1977 | Morarji Desai and other opposition leaders were released from jail and Lok Sabha was dissolved by the president during the emergency period. |
| 3/23/1967 | Pandey Bechain Sharma (Ugra) passed away. |
| 5/8/1901 | British commission claims famine has taken 1.25 million lives since 1899; blames over population. |
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