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Historical Event on 10/17/1949
The Constituent Assembly of India adopted Article 370 of the Constitution making special provisions for J&K.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 8/15/1997 | The Government bans doctors from determining the sex of the foetus. |
| 4/22/1983 | Smt. Indira Gandhi, Prime Minister of India, visited ICMR Headquarters and held discussions with senior scientists of ICMR. ICMR revived research on indigenous drugs/traditional medicine with a new, disease-oriented approach and a Scientific Advisory Group on Traditional Medicine Research was constituted in 1983 but actual studies (Multicentric Clinical Trials, Centres for Advanced Research, Central Biostatistical Monitoring Unit etc.) were started in 1984-85. |
| 7/28/1872 | Albert P Sarraut, French Governor General of Indo-China (1911..19)/PM (1933/36), was born. |
| 1/6/1989 | Satwant Singh (24) and Kehar Singh (54) executed for the murder case of Smt. Indira Gandhi in Tihar Jail at New Delhi. |
| 1/12/1934 | Surya Sen (Master Da), revolutionary leader of the Indian Republican Army, who attacked the armoury of Chittagong with 62 men of the Indian Republican Army, was hanged at Chittgong Jail by the Britishers. |
| 1/1/1981 | Colaba District renamed as Raigad District. |
| 10/2/1972 | Broadcasting of Mumabi Doordarshan started. |
| 12/19/1860 | Lord Dalhousie, Governor General of India (1848-1856), died. |
| 1/19/1951 | Amritlal Vithaldas Thakkar (Thakkarbappa), social reformer of Gujrat and right hand of Gandhiji in socially segregated Harijans, passed away. |
| 3/5/1989 | Baba Prithvisingh, founder of Labour Party, passed away. |
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