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Historical Event on 12/17/1938

Charuchandra Bandopadhyay, famous Bengali story writer and novelist, died.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/5/1931Gandhiji leaves England for India.
11/16/1713Chhatrapati Shahu appointed Balaji Vishwanath, a very remarkable man in Maratha history, as 'Peshwa'.
6/9/1992LDF wrests Narakal while the UDF retains the Tanur assembly seat in Kerala.
9/6/1965Full scale warfare broke out all along the international border between West Pakistan and India. Pakistani troops advanced towards the Indian town of Akhnur in Kashmir and Pakistani paratroopers raided Punjab.
8/9/1969Ochterlony Memorial in Calcutta was renamed as 'Shahid Minar'.
4/1/1882Savings Bank Postal system was introduced.
9/22/1952Bapiraju Adiv, famous Telgu novelist, poet and author, died.
8/1/1986Amnesty scheme for evaders of taxes announced.
12/28/1998India and Sri Lanka sign an agreement to establish a bilateral free trade area, after the visiting Sri Lankan President Chandrika Kumaratunga and Prime Minister A. B. Vajpayee, have sorted out the differences that held up the negotiations on it in the past.
12/28/1998Sun City India founded by Rao in Jodhpur.