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Historical Event on 6/17/1824

Bureau of Indian Affairs established.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/26/1975Constitution (39th Amendment) Bill 1975, placing election of the President, Vice President, Prime Minister and Speaker of the Lok Sabha beyond the scrutiny of the judiciary, approved by Parliament.
12/13/1902Ilachandra Joshi, famous Hindi novelist, story writer, critic and journalist, was born.
1/1/1995Raman Lamba & Ravi Sehgal score 464 for 1st wicket for Delhi.
7/1/1930Vinodkumar C. Gupta, leader in Maharashtra, was born.
5/1/1983V. N. Swamy, pace bowler without distinction in one Test for India, passed away.
3/18/1996President confers gallantry awards on 65 personnel of the defence forces.
1/3/1945No. 8 Squadron becomes the first to convert onto the Spitfire VIII during the previous month and commencing operations on 3 January 1945 in the Kangaw area.
8/29/1923Sir Richard Attenborough, famous actor and director (Gandhi, Young Winston), was born.
9/17/1948The Nizam of Hyderabad, in a broadcast, announced ceasefire to his troops and accession into Indian Union, which was settled earlier to the announcement.
8/2/1877Pandit Ravishankar Shukla, former Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh, lawyer, politician and social worker, was born in Sagar, M.P.