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Historical Event on 1/17/1952

The pension work of CDA (Factories), Calcutta and the Defence civilians in ordnance factories was transferred to the office of the CDA (P), Allahabad.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/1/1977Janata Party was established.
2/13/1719Jahandar Shah was strangled to death and the Sayyid brothers were killed soon after.
4/11/1906K.V. Jagannathan, great Hindi writer and journalist, was born at Krishnarayapuram,Tamil Nadu.
9/18/1879Welthy Housinger Fisher, an American adult educationist in India, was born.
1/21/1981Bishnu Ram Medhi, chief minister of Assam and Governor of Madras, passed away.
9/26/1977Uday Shankar (Chowdhury), producer and director of dance-based film 'Kalpana', passed away. He was the elder brother of Pandit Ravishankar. His main achievement was the blending of the Indian classical style with the Western Ballet and various folk dances.
1/30/1999Gopinath Bordoloi was awarded the highest civilian award Bharat Ratna, The Highest Civilian Award in India. 1999.
12/16/1998The Government introduces in the Rajya Sabha the Patents (Amendments) Bill 1998 amid Left protests.
8/4/1935Government of India got the Royal Assent Act 1935.
3/15/1941Gorkha Rifles Battalion Group (INDBATT) unit was raised as the 4th Battalion, the 2nd King Edward VII's own Gorkha Rifles (The Sirmoor Rifles) by Lt Col O'de T Lovett at Deharadun.