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Historical Event on 3/17/1957
New Central Cabinet under J. L. Nehru sworn in.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 6/24/1763 | Murshidabad was captured by the East India Company under Major Adams for the second time, and Mir Jaffar was declared the King. |
| 12/26/1989 | India debars Bofors from future contracts until they come out clean. |
| 10/21/1916 | Dinkarrai Dhirajlal Desai, cricket Test Umpire for 3 tests from 1955-57, was born in Gujarat. |
| 8/1/1955 | Arun Lal, cricketer (Indian batsman in sixteen Tests 1982-89), was born in Moradabad, U.P. |
| 6/6/1999 | Paes-Bhupathi bagged their maiden Grand Slam doubles crown, defeating Goran Ivanisevic and Jeff Tarango in the final. |
| 6/8/1915 | Geeta Rahasya', written by Lokmanya Tilak, published. |
| 9/10/1999 | Top seeds Bhupathi and Paes finished runners-up in the US Open doubles, losing to Sebastien Lareau and Alex O'Brien in the final. |
| 5/4/1932 | Many are arrested as Congress agents picket Bombay post offices in celebration of Gandhi Day. |
| 2/16/1969 | Mirza Ghalib centenary stamp released. |
| 8/29/1923 | Sir Richard Attenborough, famous actor and director (Gandhi, Young Winston), was born. |
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