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Historical Event on 3/17/1798

Rani Shiromani anounced to attack the British Army.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/22/1997Deshabhimani daily, official organ of CPI (M), launches its 5th edition from Kottayam, Kerala.
2/8/1993India and Spain sign four agreements as the Spanish PM, Felipe Gonzalez, began a two-day visit to New Delhi.
3/12/1942British troops vacate the Andaman in Gulf of Bengal.
5/30/1915Krishen Behari Lall, Indian Civil Service and Diplomat, was born at Delhi.
9/20/1911Sri Ram Sharma Acharya, freedom fighter, social reformer and leader, was born at Auvalkhera, Agra.
5/20/1932Bipinchandra Ramchandra Pal, powerful journalist and revolutionary freedom fighter, passed away. He was amongst the trio which was known as ""Lal - Bal - Pal"" during the freedom struggle. He started a newspaper called ""Swaraj"" for the Indians in England. He also edited several other newspapers like ""Tribune"", ""New India"", ""Vande Mataram"", ""Swaraj"", ""Hindu Review"", ""Democrat"", ""Independent Bengali"", etc.
5/11/1998Three momentous events took place on the day that did the nation proud. Firstly, three underground nuclear tests at Pokhran Range in Rajasthan, which included a hydrogen bomb, were tested; secondly, the successful test firing of the 'Trishul Missile' and thirdly, the maiden Certification test flight of 'Hansa-3', the first-all Composite indigenous two seater aircraft.
2/14/1933W. R. Sonar, famous marathi poet, author, playwright, editor and publisher, was born.
10/13/1679More than 20,000 lives were claimed near Massurla Pattanam city, costal area of South India, in a severe storm.
7/28/1924Many deaths were reported and several villages were destroyed due to floods in the south.