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Historical Event on 11/17/1947
Rajendra Prasad elected the President of Indian National Congress.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 8/13/1953 | Durgabai Deshmukh became the founder Chairperson of Central Social Welfare Board, which involved several voluntary organisations and workers carrying out programs like education, training and rehabilitation of needy women etc. |
| 11/21/1921 | Prince of Wales visited India and Congress observed all India strike. |
| 2/22/1997 | India, Turkmenistan and Iran sign transit agreement. |
| 4/11/1992 | Marathi cinema's Bhaichandra Govind Pendharkar gets Phalke Award. |
| 5/19/1904 | Jamshedji Nasarvanji Tata, famous industrialist and father of modern technology, passed away at Nauheim, Hesse-Nassau, France. He commenced cotton mills in Bombay and Nagpur and founded the Tata Iron and Steel Company, which is one of the largest integrated steel mills in the world. |
| 1/10/1966 | Tashkent Conference between Pakistan and Indian leaders ended after signing of peace accord by Lal Bahadur Shastri and General Ayub Khan. |
| 11/6/1910 | Satakopan Chandilyan Bhashyam, journalist, was born at Tirukkoilur, Madras. |
| 7/18/1987 | Arun Singh, union minister of state for defence, resigns from the cabinet. |
| 12/8/1932 | Indian Air Force Act was passed. |
| 11/11/1906 | Chetput Ramaswami Pattabhi Raman, politician and social worker, was born at Madras. |
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