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Historical Event on 11/17/1986
SAARC Summit at Bangalore decides to set up permanent secretariat at Kathmandu; India elected new Chairman.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 11/19/1838 | Keshab Chandra Sen (1838-84), nationalist leader of Bengal, was born in Calcutta. He was one of the first Indians to sow the seeds of secularism in the country. He joined the Brahmo Samaj in 1857 but seperated from it in 1866 and founded Brahma Samaj of India, a radical offshoot of the Adi Brahmo Samaj. |
| 5/11/1999 | Rajiv Gandhi Assassination Case: The Supreme Court confirmed the death sentence on four of the 26 accused, life imprisionment to three and acquitted the remaining 19 people. |
| 5/14/1960 | The first plane of India flew upto New York. |
| 7/31/1996 | Supreme Court exempts Rao from appearing in CMM court personally. |
| 3/28/1645 | Har Govind Singh, Sikh Guru, died. |
| 5/18/1972 | Kokan Krishi (Agriculture) University was established. |
| 7/17/1976 | Mudliyar A. Ramaswami, Padmabhushan awardee, politician and industrialist, passed away. |
| 4/3/1912 | M. Varadarajan, educationist and author, was born at Tirupattur. |
| 6/13/1932 | Nirmalchandra Sen, great revolutionary, died. |
| 1/20/1948 | 1. Bomb exploded near Birla House during a prayer meeting of Gandhi. 2. Three member UN Commission for investigation/mediation on Kashmir. 3. K.M. Cariappa succeeded Lieutenant General D. Rissell as the Army Commander, Delhi and East Punjab and was responsible for conducting the operation in Kashmir. |
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