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Historical Event on 1/17/1771
Govind Patwardhan Mirajkar, first Rao of Peshwai, passed away.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 11/18/1997 | School bus plunges into the Yamuna killing 28 Delhi children. |
| 2/10/1902 | Hemraj, politician, was born at Dera Gopipur, (H.P.). |
| 8/7/1980 | Mother Teresa visits the poor in Bronx at New York. |
| 11/25/1999 | Baba Amte, a Gandhian and noted social worker, is chosen for the Gandhi Peace Prize. |
| 1/2/1997 | Bihar wins team titles in both men's and women's sections in national archery. Limba Ram and Purnima Mahato, both of Bihar, win individual crowns in men's and women's sections respectively. Turkey's `Pocket Hercules', weightlifter Naim Suleymanoglu, who captured three Olympic gold medals, calls it a day in Ankara. |
| 1/14/1773 | Amstored Lord William Piet, governor, was born. |
| 12/17/1910 | Keki Khursedji Tarapore, cricketer (0-72 in his only Test for India), was born in Bombay. |
| 9/2/1946 | Jawaharlal Nehru, was sworn in as the Prime Minister of the Interim Government of Undivided india, against Partition. |
| 8/12/1897 | Major Gegeral Himmat Singh, Governor of Himachal Pradesh and Duputy Defence Minister, was born. |
| 7/15/1948 | Establishment of 'PEPS' (Patiyala and East Punjab States Union). |
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