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Historical Event on 4/17/1941

Office of Price Administration was formed which handled the rationing of essential commodities.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/24/1976Burmah Shell, a private oil company, was nationalised and renamed as Bharat Refineries.
12/15/1908Swami Ranga Natahananda, was born at Trikkur, Kerala.
12/15/1908Nasiru'd-din Muhammad Shah I passed away. His son-in-law Ghiyasu'd-din Balban succeeded Nasiru'd-din Mahmud in Delhi.
8/20/1979Indian premier Charan Singh resigns.
5/26/1931One hundred miners were trapped beneath a blazing mine. It was thought that there were unlikely to be any survivors in Madras.
7/25/1938Gautam Kalicharan, famous Hindi poet, was born.
7/27/1972Charu Majumdar, father of Naxalite Movement and the founder President of C.O.I.(M-L), died in prison.
11/29/1952First international organization for birth control founded in Bombay.
12/21/1788Sindhia arrested Gulam Qadir and killed him.
4/10/1982Indian National Satellite (INSAT-1A) launched. First operational multi-purpose communication and meteorology satellite procured from U.S.A.(Cape Canaveral).