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Historical Event on 3/17/1959

Dalai Lama XIV flees from Tibet after Chinese military occupied Tibet.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/6/1827Shyam Shastri, musician and a great artist of India, passed away at the age of 65 years.
8/1/1994The Railway passenger insurance scheme comes into force.
11/11/1947Temple of Vithoba in Pandharpur opened for Harijans. Ganpatrao Tapase was the first harijan to enter the temple.
4/12/1978After several state victories, Congress party-I (for Indira) is recognized as official opposition.
12/4/1977Ajit Agarkar, promising Indian ODI all-rounder, was born.
4/28/1740Baji Rao I aka Thorle BajiRao Peshwa passed away at Raverkhedi near the banks of the Narmada river near Khargon and his son Balaji Baji Rao was placed on his father's throne as the Peshwa.
9/20/1857British troops conquered Delhi from the Mutineers.
9/20/1857Jesuit father and first Englishman S.J.Thomas Stephens arrived at Goa in a Portuguese ship. He settled here and died in 1619.
4/17/1996Indian Railways bars AIDS patients from using trains.
3/3/1948B. S. Munje, founder of Bhosla Military School, passed away.