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Historical Event on 8/17/1932
V.S. Naipaul, great Indian writer, was born.
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| 12/4/1998 | Ilayaraja, nusic composer, selected for the Lata Mangeshkar award instituted by the Madhya Pradesh Government. |
| 1/1/1995 | This year was announced to be observed as the ""International Year of Tolerance"". |
| 3/31/1997 | The Bombay Stock Exchange crashes by 300 points. |
| 1/26/1931 | Gandhiji was unconditionally released from prison. |
| 8/13/1928 | Nationalists issue a draft constitution calling for dominion status and a two-chamber parliament. |
| 1/26/1992 | Bharat Bhushan, the legendary romantic film hero of the 1950's, passed away at the age of 71 years. |
| 2/24/1924 | Mahatma Gandhi released from jail. |
| 1/5/1952 | John Hope Victor Alexander, Viceroy of India (1936-43), died at the age of 64. |
| 1/28/1846 | British forcibly separate Kashmir from the Sikhs and sell it to the Maharaja of Jammu for 1,000,000 pounds after the Battle of Allwal. |
| 3/29/1990 | Adoor Bhasi, Malayalam film actor, passed away. |
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