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Historical Event on 8/17/1985

Rajiv Gandhi announces Punjab state elections in India.

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6/5/1999The Army releases documents seized from three Pakistani soldiers in the Batalik sector to substantiate its claim that Pakistan regulars are involved in the Kargil conflict.
8/18/1969Humayun Kabir, great politician, died.
7/5/1968Naval Submarine wing in Indian Naval Force came into existence with the arrival of the first submarine from the Soviet Union.
3/31/1992Madhav Sinh Solanki, External Affairs minister, resigns on Bofors letter issue.
7/19/1974Udham Singh's, revolutionary, ashes brought to Delhi from London.
9/3/1993Pawar resigns from Lok Sabha to take up the newly won Maharashtra Legislative Council seat.
9/30/2000The Government appoints Dr. D.P.S. Seth as CMD of Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd.
9/6/1995Salil Chaudhary, famous music director in Hindi film industry, passed away.
6/20/1869Laxmanrao Kirloskar, great industrialist, social reformer, patriot and founder of Kirloskar Industry, was born at Belgaum.
12/26/1986Consumer Rights Act was passed.