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Historical Event on 8/17/1944

Indian Viceroy Viscount Wavell rejects Gandhi's request to discuss war support in return for Indian independence.

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10/26/1996CBI detects a chain of bank transactions between August '93 and February '96 by four JMM leaders.
6/30/1817Dadabhai Navroji, veteran leader and industrialist, died.
5/18/1985Dr. P. C. Alexander appointed High Commissioner in Britain.
12/21/1989V. P. Singh wins vote of confidence in the Lok Sabha.
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6/13/1999The Indian army secures the strategic Tololing peak in the Dras sector.
1/17/1905Dattaraya Ramchandra Kaprekar was born at Dahanu near Bombay. He discovered the shortest possible routes to solve mathematical problems. In 1927, he won the wrangler R. P. Paranjpe Mathematical Prize for an Original Piece of work in mathematics. He discovered 'Kaprekar Constant' in 1946. It is the number ""6174"". The constant 6174 is arrived at and this number then generates itself into one set of numbers called ""self numbers"" that is also known by his name. Kaprekar passed away in 1988.