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Historical Event on 7/17/1948

Govt. announced that all discriminations against women in matter of employment will be done away with and in future, women will be eligible for any public service including administrative sevice and police service.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/21/1996M.S. Sushama Dande (Shiv Sena) elected first woman mayor of New Mumbai along with Savitri Patil (Shiv Sena) as Deputy Mayor.
5/18/1775Warren Hastings expressed doubt of hanging Nandkumar.
6/6/1998All IAF Meteorological Sections were put on high alert from 06 Jun 98, and constant interaction with India Meteorological Department (IMD) at Mumbai and the (IMD) Centre at Ahmedabad resulted in 24 hours tracking and plotting of the cyclone, which was passed down as forecasts to Service and civil authorities in the Saurashtra and Kutch region.
11/30/1915Venkat Apparao Gurjad, famous Telgu poet, died.
10/30/1966First meeting of the Shiv Sena at Shivaji Park.
11/20/1997Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat arrives in New Delhi. India and Palestinian national authority take stock of stalled West Asia peace process. Two sides sign first umbrella Memorandum of Understanding.
6/25/1983India won 'Prudential World Cup' Cricket Championship held in England after defeating West Indies.
3/28/1991IAF men die in an air crash in Bangalore.
11/20/1989Hirabai Barodekar, famous singer of ""Kirana Gharana"", passed away.
3/25/1983Chalpati Rao, great journalist, passed away.