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Historical Event on 4/17/1996
Sheila Kaul, H.P. Governor, indicted in house allotment scandal, should be removed from her post, says Supreme Court.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 5/13/1962 | Bharat Ratna, India's highest award, was given to Dr. Rajendra Prasad (1884-1963) |
| 2/6/1954 | Kashmir Assembly accepts re-unification with India. |
| 3/26/1977 | Morarji Desai, the new Prime Minister, forms his Cabinet. |
| 9/12/1990 | Konkan Railway project formally launched with the opening of a project office in Ratnagiri in Maharashtra State. |
| 1/10/1995 | 26th International Film Festival of India opens at Brabourne Stadium, Bombay. |
| 8/22/1933 | Inhabitants of Partabgarh face starvation as Opium was now outlawed. They had been living from the sale of opium for the past 800 years. |
| 4/1/1994 | Five ministers resign from the Wilfred D'souza Government in Goa. |
| 2/18/1665 | The Portuguese handover Mumbai island to England. |
| 12/3/1882 | Nandalal Bose, great Indian painter and master, was born in Bengal. |
| 8/12/1922 | Chunilal Kalidas Madiya, famous Gujrati one-act player, play wright story writer and novelist, was born. |
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