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Historical Event on 5/17/1775
Marathas were badly mauled in the battle of Arras by Col. Keating in the first Anglo - Maratha war.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 5/22/1940 | Erapalli Anantrao Srinivasarao Prasanna, cricketer (one of India's big four spinners, Right-arm Off-break Bowler), was born at Bangalore. He is also the receipent of Arjun Award (1968) and Padmashree (1970). |
| 4/11/2000 | Ms. Jhumpa Lahiri, an author of Indian origin, wins the Pulitzer Prize for fiction for her debut collection of short stories 'Interpreter of Maladies'. |
| 12/23/1889 | Mehr Chand Mahajan, Chief Justice of Supreme Court of India, was born. |
| 11/17/1953 | Sadanand Swaminathan, famous journalist, passed away. |
| 3/23/1923 | Hemu Kalani, revolutionary freedom fighter, was born at Sukkur, Sind. He was held for removing of fishplates which caused derailment of British Wagon. |
| 11/26/1949 | Constitution of India was adopted |
| 4/18/1904 | Ramnath Goenka, president and founder of Indian Express Group, was born. |
| 4/18/1904 | Akbar removed 'Jeziya' or toll-tax for his non-Muslim subjects. |
| 6/25/1943 | No. 8 Squadron started functioning absorbing the remaining coastal defence flight personnel, and also issued with a vengeance to achieve operational status. |
| 1/16/1988 | L. K. Jha, famous economist and member of Rajya Sabha, died. |
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