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Historical Event on 12/17/1645

Noorjahan Begum passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/9/1986ICMR set up a network of Reference/Surveillance Centres for AIDS in almost all states of India.
2/17/1997Notorious criminal Charles Sobhraj released from jail after 20 years, and re-arrested soon after release under Foreigners' Regional Registration Act.
2/17/1997Maharana Pratap Singh of Udaipur, great freedom fighter, soldier and revolutionary, passed away. His son Amar Singh succeeded him.
7/27/1991Army called out in Srinagar valley after an attack on security forces in which 17 persons were killed.
10/27/1973The first Ladies Police Station started functioning at Calicut in Kerala.
12/1/1989National Front decides to form a government with outside support from the BJP and the Left Parties.
9/3/1995Ram Jethmalani (lawyer and MP) launches a new party, Bharatiya Lok Panchayat, to rid the country of its evils.
2/12/1996Former Union Minister Kalpanath Rai sent to Tihai jail for allegedly harbouring members of mafia don Dawood Ibrahim's gang.
12/13/2000Vijay Samuel Hazare, former Indian cricket captain, becomes the first recipient of the 'Castrol Lifetime Achievement award'.
1/14/1989'Poorna Kumbh', India's largest religious gathering held once in 12 years, begins at Allahabad.