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Historical Event on 8/17/1761
William Carey, the first English missionary to India, was born. He taught at the newly founded Fort William College at Calcutta from 1801 till his death and helped found the Serampore Press, which made the Bible accessible to over 300 million people.

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8/17/1958	Sir John Hubert Marshal, excavator of Mohan-Jo-Daro and Takshashila, died.
7/16/1856	Ishwar Chand Vidyasagar, on the request of Governor Lord Canning, instituted a law announcing the right of Hindu widows for re-marriage.
9/16/2000	Aparna Popat loses to Kelly Morgan in the first round of the badminton event at the Sydney Olympics.
12/11/1990	T. N. Seshan appointed CEC, and Mohan Dharia Deputy Chairman of the Planning Commission.
5/21/1923	Keshavrao Kothavle `Lalit', editor of monthly magazine, was born.
12/21/2000	Women's Bill put off again.
9/29/1942	The British police shot Matangini Hazra, a 72-year old woman of Tamluk town in Midnapur district, when she was leading the flag at Tamluk in August movement procession.
2/16/1968	Beatles George Harrison and John Lennon along with their wives fly to India for transcendental meditation study with the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi.
11/29/1948	Assembly bans discrimination against untouchables.
6/28/1996	India opens its office (based in Gaza city) in the area under the Palestinian Authority.

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Historical Event on 8/17/1761 William Carey, the first English missionary to India, was born. He taught at the newly founded Fort William College at Calcutta from 1801 till his death and helped found the Serampore Press, which made the Bible accessible to over 300 million people.

Historical Event on 8/17/1761
William Carey, the first English missionary to India, was born. He taught at the newly founded Fort William College at Calcutta from 1801 till his death and helped found the Serampore Press, which made the Bible accessible to over 300 million people.