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Historical Event on 1/17/1889

Shri Baldev Ramji Mirdha, great social worker, leader and politician, was born in village Kuchera, district Nagaur of Rajasthan.

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1/17/1889Maharana Pratap, great revolutionary, soldier and freedom fighter, was born.
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7/6/1998Salman Khursheed is appointed the new UPCC(I) chief. While Tindivanam K. Ramamurthy is the new TNCC(I) chief, Sat Mahajan has been appointed HPCC(I) president.
12/31/1996Gold import policy liberalised.
3/21/1995A.K. Antony elected CM of Kerala.
4/1/1963D.P. Kohli held office as the founder director of Central Bureau of Investigation (C.B.I.) from 1st April, 1963 (to 31st May, 1968). Earlier, he was Inspector-General of Police of the Special Police Establishment.
8/1/1963Soviets offer India arms to block China.
9/24/1994At least 100 people die after an outbreak of pneumonic plague in the western city of Surat.
6/8/1948Malabar Princess', Air India's first international flight, takes off from Bombay to London via Cairo and Geneva. This was weekly air service was started between India to United Kingdom.
10/6/1999INLD-BJP combine wins by big margin in Haryana.