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Historical Event on 8/17/1882

Sir Ram Nath Chopra, noted professor of Pharmacology, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/22/1948Emperor of India title was deleted from His Majesty the King of United Kingdom's titles.
3/1/1968Salil Ashok Ankola, cricketer (Indian pace bowler one Test 1989), was born in Solapur.
9/4/1880Bhupendranath Dutt, Bengali litterateur and politician, was born.
6/7/1965Ashutosh Kali, great revolutionary, passed away.
1/20/1972Manipur, Meghalaya and Tripura become states of Indian union. Arunachal Pradesh and Mizoram become Union Territories. Assam's North East Frontier Agency (Nepha) was renamed as Arunachal Pradesh territory.
6/1/1790A treaty was signed between Marathas, Britishers and Nizam.
6/30/1966Judge K. Subba Rao became the Chief Justice of India. He held this office till 11/04/1967.
12/23/1969Armstrong and Aldrin collected Moon rock, which was kept on exhibition in New Delhi.
1/18/1938The last batch of the political prisioners sailed back to the mainland from the Cellular Jail.
4/27/1606Jahangir arrested Khusroo.