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Historical Event on 7/17/1948
Govt. announced that all discriminations against women in matter of employment will be done away with and in future, women will be eligible for any public service including administrative sevice and police service.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 12/15/1749 | Shahu Chattrapati, grandson of Shivaji, died. |
| 7/7/1948 | Damodar Valley Corporation, first public corporation, was established. |
| 6/30/1979 | R. D. Singh became the director of Central Bureau of Investigation. He was there in this office till 24 Jan. 1980. |
| 10/25/1999 | US Energy Secretary Bill Richardson arrives. |
| 2/9/1931 | A set of six stamps were issued during the inauguration of New Delhi. |
| 11/12/1946 | Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya died at the age of 85. |
| 7/4/1900 | Swami Shivanand Saraswati, religious leader, was born. |
| 2/26/1966 | Vinayak Damodar Savarkar ""Veer Savarkar"", great revolutionary freedom fighter, social reformer, politician and writer, passed away at the ripe old age of 83. He was known for the first person to flee by swimming from Port Blair Jail and was associated with right-wing Hindu Mahasabha, started the Abinav Bharat as a secret society of revolutionary terrorists. He was a great Novelist and Poet. |
| 2/19/1993 | SC Jamir elected leader of the Congress (I) Legislature Party in Nagaland. |
| 1/25/1992 | Bharat Ratna, India's highest award, was given to Jehangir Ratanji Dadabhai Tata (1904-1993). |
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