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Historical Event on 5/17/1949
India decided with only one dissent vote to remain within the Commonwealth of Nations.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 9/25/2000 | A Delhi Court dismisses applications of three of the 17 accused seeking dropping of proceedings against them in the sensational Coomar Narain espionage case which hit the headlines and rattled the Rajiv Gandhi Government in 1985. |
| 5/7/1861 | Guru Dev Rabindranath Thakur alias Tagore, novelist, painter, educationist and freedom fighter, was born in Calcutta. |
| 4/18/1956 | India, Indonesia, Burma, Ceylon and Pakistan meet in New Delhi to reaffirm their faith in Bandung Principles. |
| 10/20/1991 | Pandit Kalyandas Mahaprasad, famous Kathak dancer, died. |
| 7/11/1957 | Aga Sultan Sir Muhammad (1877-1957), Aga Khan III, spritual leader of Ismaeli Muhammedans, passed away. He worked for Britian in the WW I & II. Aga Khan was extremly rich, he once had himself weighed against a sack of diamonds belonging to him. He was also one among those who formed the Muslim League. |
| 9/25/1997 | BAI-IBC dispute resolved. |
| 10/18/1980 | The first Himalayan Car Rally of 5,377.9 km was started from Brabourne Stadium, Bombay with 74 starters. |
| 1/12/1993 | Ramakanth Rath, well-known Oriya poet, gets the Saraswathi Samman of Rs.3 lakh. |
| 11/5/1995 | Common Guidance test flight of Trishul successful. |
| 1/2/1953 | Government set up a Board of Editors under Dr. Syed Mahmood to prepare a history of Freedom Movement in India. |
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