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Historical Event on 1/17/1922

T. A. Pai, former Central Minister and bank expert, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/6/1967Dr. Zakir Hussain elected President.
1/8/1984Sushma Mukhopadhyay, first Indian women pilot, died at the of 74.
6/25/1932India played their first official test match on the ground of Lords against England.
5/15/1949Matsya Union formally merged with Greater Rajasthan.
11/7/1950King Tribhubana Bir Bikram of Nepal flees palace for refuge in Indian Embassy at Kathmandu.
8/17/1998National Human Rights Commission recommends compulsory registration of marriages in a bid to check child marriages.
2/24/1957General Election ( 2nd) of India begins.
9/7/1988President's rule in Mizoram.
9/4/1929N. Hanumantha Rao, cricket test umpire for 9 tests from 1978-84, was born in Karnataka.
2/17/1993Rani Gaidinliu, freedom fighter, social reformer and political leader, died at her native village in Manipur. The British army made a surprise attack on her position and captured her. On 17th October, 1932, Pandit Nehru once wrote ""A day will come when India will remember her and cherishe her"".