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Historical Event on 8/17/1848

Romesh Chunder Dutt, great political leader, writer and social worker, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
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3/29/1857Sepoy Mangal Pandey shot the first bullet of 1857 Indian mutiny in the barracks of Barrackpur near Calcutta against British Empire. This was the starting of the mutiny.
7/15/1991The 25-day-old Narasimha Rao government wins a vote of confidence in Lok Sabha by securing 241 to 111; 112 abstained.
4/27/1907Fearing uprising in Punjab, British arm volunteers.
10/2/1942Menka Devi, freedom fighter, was arrested by the police when she and her friends were carrying out Gandhi Jayanti procession. She was tortured with cigar butts and the administration set her house on fire.
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1/3/1985Azharuddin scores 110 in first Test innings.
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1/6/1947All India Congress Commitee accepted the division of country.
2/23/1980Prakash Padukone becomes the first Indian to win All-England Badminton Championship.