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Historical Event on 9/17/1885
Keshav Sitaram Thakrey, journalist, social reformer and historian, was born.
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| 1/9/1922 | Har Gobind Khurana, scientist of Biology, was born in India. He did his M.Sc from University of Punjab and, for higher education went to University of Liverpool. In 1959, he produced a chemical called ""Coenzymea"", which is essential for certain processes in the human body. He was awarded Nobel Prize for medicine in 1968 along with Marshall W. Nirenberg and Robert W. Halley. |
| 3/29/1996 | SC asks All India Indira Congress to modify its name as All Indira Congress (Tiwari). |
| 7/23/1933 | Jatindra Mohan Sengupta, great leader, lawyer, social worker, freedom fighter, nationalist and president of Bengal Swaraj Party, died at Ranchi. He was addresed by the people of Bengal as 'Deshapriya' (Beloved of the Country). |
| 5/27/1964 | Gulzarilal Nanda was entrusted the responsibility as Acting Prime Minster of India. He held this office till June 9, 1964. He is till date the only Acting Prime Minster of India. |
| 9/26/1999 | Six selected for Shanti Swaroop award for Science. |
| 6/1/1996 | Neelam Sanjiva Reddy, former President of India, passed away. |
| 4/1/1987 | Bureau of Indian Standards was changed to Indian Standards Institution. |
| 4/28/1996 | EC orders re-polling in 69 booths in four states. |
| 10/3/2000 | Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee buys peace with the Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee by agreeing to a partial rollback of the hike in prices of petroleum products. |
| 4/2/1942 | Congress rejected the proposal of Sir Stepherd Crips. |
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