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Historical Event on 3/17/1967

4th Parliament (Lok Sabha) was formed.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/16/1997V. S. Rama Devi, Secretary-General of Rajya Sabha, appointed Governor of Himachal Pradesh.
7/16/1997Sheikh Mirza, chieftain of a small state of Ferghana, was born in Turkmenistan.
3/30/1990Constitution (64th) Amendment Bill to extend President's rule in Punjab collapses in Lok Sabha.
8/18/1995Parvati Giri, also called the Little Mother Teresa, died in Orissa. She was 69. She was a social worker and had taken part during the Quit India movement.
10/26/1996CBI detects a chain of bank transactions between August '93 and February '96 by four JMM leaders.
5/7/1973The foundation stone was laid of Itanagar, the new capital of Arunachal Pradesh.
12/10/1998Dr. Gurudev S. Khush, rice breeder at the International Rice Research Institute, Philippines, and Dr. Sanjaya Rajaram, wheat breeder at the International Wheat and Maize Improvement Centre, Mexico, share the Rank Prize announced in London.
6/29/1901Amal Kumar Sarkar, Chief Justice of Supreme Court of India, was born.
10/6/1974Vengalil Krishnan Krishna Menon, great freedom fighter, barrister, leader, politician, nationalist and member of the Lok Sabha, passed away. He resigned as the defence minister soon after the Chinese aggression.
2/2/1835Thomas Babington Macaulay westernises education in India. English is made official government and court language and as medium of instruction.