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Historical Event on 8/17/1944

Indian Viceroy Viscount Wavell rejects Gandhi's request to discuss war support in return for Indian independence.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/8/1906Prannath Thapar, former General of India, was born.
9/16/2000Aparna Popat loses to Kelly Morgan in the first round of the badminton event at the Sydney Olympics.
11/28/1999Senior Awami League leader Mohammed Anwar Sheikh is killed and his wife and daughter-in-law are seriously injured in a militant attack on his house in Kashmir.
8/15/1990India successfully test fires 'Akash', an advanced medium range surface to air missile.
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8/25/1999Former Indian Davis Cup captain Narendra Nath died in Delhi.
1/28/1898Nivedita, an Irish lady of Scottish descent, came to India.
9/5/1990Rajya Sabha approves the Prasar Bharati Bill rejecting by voice vote three motions moved by the Congress(I) to refer the Bill to a joint select committee.
12/20/1866Panchkadi Banerjee, famous journalist and editor, was born.
12/11/1958Wilson Jones became India's first individual World Champion when he won the Amateur Billiards Championship.