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Historical Event on 2/17/1698
Aurangzeb fell to Jinjee fort, seat of Maratha power, after eight-year siege.

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5/18/1946	Gandhiji discusses Plan with Cabinet Mission.
4/16/1918	Lalita Pawar, famous actress of Indian film industry, was born.
1/25/1971	Himachal Pradesh High Court was established at Shimla for Himachal Pradesh Territory.
7/9/1996	A Delhi court summoned former Prime Minister Narsimha Rao to face trial as an accused in the Lakhubhai Pathak cheating case in which godman Chandraswami was already facing trial.
4/2/1926	The worst Hindu-Muslim riots break out in Calcutta.
5/24/1991	The body of Rajiv Gandhi, India's assassinated former premier and son of the late Indira Gandhi, was cremated in New Delhi today. He was killed by a suicide bomber in the southern state of Tamil Nadu three days ago. Police suspect that Tamil rebels, fighting for independence in Sri Lanka, carried out the murder. Gandhi's death signaled the end of the Nehru dynasty's rule over India. His two children were too young to assume the leadership of this turbulent nation. There was pressure for Sonia Gandhi to succeed her husband, but she was Italian-born and refused.
1/30/1999	Gopinath Bordoloi was awarded the highest civilian award Bharat Ratna, The Highest Civilian Award in India. 1999.
3/27/1989	T. N. Seshan was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 23-12-1989.
9/3/1993	Pawar resigns from Lok Sabha to take up the newly won Maharashtra Legislative Council seat.
12/25/1999	An Indian Airlines aircraft with 187 passengers on board is hijacked. The plane was going from Katmandu to New Delhi. It lands near Abu Dhabi after several hops.

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Historical Event on 2/17/1698 Aurangzeb fell to Jinjee fort, seat of Maratha power, after eight-year siege.

Historical Event on 2/17/1698
Aurangzeb fell to Jinjee fort, seat of Maratha power, after eight-year siege.