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Historical Event on 8/17/1985
Rajiv Gandhi announces Punjab state elections in India.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 6/17/1995 | Motilal Vohra, UP Governor, sets agenda for a two-day special session of the UP Assembly asking the speaker to take up a motion against self first. |
| 7/28/1999 | Shiv Sena president Bal Thackeray is banned from voting and contesting in any election for six years from December 11, 1995 on the recommendations of the Election Commission. |
| 8/13/1997 | The contentious women's reservation bill put on the back burner with PM Gujral saying govt. would not push through such a major social legislation until there was a consensus on it. |
| 10/19/1875 | The first section from Hathras Road to Mathura Cantonment was opened to traffic. |
| 2/10/1916 | Revolutionary Sohanlal Pathak hanged. |
| 3/16/1832 | Sarfoji Bhosle, King of Tanjawar, passed away. |
| 2/19/1922 | Beant Singh, former Chief Minister of Punjab and politician, was born. He played a vital role in supressing terrorist activities in Punjab. |
| 5/25/1941 | 5,000 drown in a storm at Ganges Delta region in India. |
| 10/15/1972 | Nirmalkumar Bose, great Indian human scientist, died. |
| 5/13/1998 | World Bank cancels India donors meet. |
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