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Historical Event on 2/17/1976
Urban Ceilings Act comes into force.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 5/23/1805 | Lord Wellesley, Governer General of India, issued a permanent provision for the Delhi Mughal Emperor. |
| 11/6/1999 | Red carpet welcome to Pope. He appreciated the religious freedom in India. |
| 11/7/1862 | Bahadurshah Jafar -II died at Rangoon in British prision. |
| 4/29/1947 | Abolition of ""untouchability"". |
| 4/2/1933 | Sir Ranjitsinhji Vibhaji ""Ranji"", Maharaj, jamsaheb of Nawanagar and noted cricketer, passed away. He was referred as ""The prince of a little state, but the King of a great game"". He scored 989 Test runs with a 1st-class avg. 56. |
| 3/18/1991 | West Bengal opts for assembly poll. |
| 6/30/1823 | Sir Dinshaw Manokji Petit, famous industrialist, was born. |
| 12/7/1999 | Nareshwar Dayal is appointed India's High Commissioner to UK. |
| 12/9/1947 | India's agreement with Pakistan on outstanding issues like assets, liabilities, division of sterling balance and military stores, etc. signed. |
| 2/6/1994 | Indian Union Muslim League splits, G.M.Banatwala elected President in place of Ibrahim Sulaiman Sait. |
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