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Historical Event on 3/17/1863

Sayajirao Gaekwad of Baroda was born.

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.
12/14/1985Rajiv Gandhi joins the leaders of Greece, Sweden, Tanzania, Mexico and Argentina in a tele-conference as part of the UN ceremony at which they are honoured with the 'Beyond War' award.
2/1/1964Unit Trust of India' established.
7/6/1995Five foreign tourists trekking in Kashmir 10 km uphill from Pahalgam were abducted by militants.
11/10/1989Foundation stone laid for the Ram Janambhoomi temple at Ayodhya.
5/22/1996United Front prime ministerial candidate H.D. Deve Gowda unanimously elected leader of the Front's parliamentary party.
8/29/1959India sends troops to Tibet border to block the Chinese.
7/16/199917 are killed and over 200 injured when the Delhi bound GT Express collides with derailed wagons of a goods train near Mathura.
1/11/1858Shridhar Pathak, famous Hindi poet, was born.
12/10/1902Nijalingappa Siddavanahalli, president of Indian National Congress and politician, was born at Haluvagalu (Bellary).