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Historical Event on 11/17/1857

Sir Colin Campbell, British Army Officer, managed to supress Indian Mutiny sepoys at Lucknow.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/14/1996H.D. Deve Gowda elected leader of the third front as its prime ministerial candidate.
11/21/1993R.F. Botha, Foreign Minister, moots a grouping of Indian Ocean countries.
4/1/1935The Reserve Bank of India was established as a Central Bank and the job of issuing notes was entrusted to this bank. The Commissioner's office which issued currency was abolished and was substituted by the Governer of the RBI. The issue offices scattered around the country came to be called as the regional offices of the Reserve Bank.
11/17/1925Jemini Ganesh, film actor, was born.
8/13/1956National Highways Act was approved by the Parliament of India.
3/19/1954The first helicopter S-55 arrived at Bombay by sea.
12/20/1987Sweden beats India in Gothenburg (5-0) in 76th Tennis Davis Cup .
12/14/1998The Supreme Court allows Karnataka to begin skeletal work on erection of 26 crest gates at the Almatti dam on the Krishna at ''its own risk and cost'', but directs it not to raise the dam height beyond the present 509 metres.
7/22/1956Quake shatters town of Anjar; claiming 117 lives, 800 people were missing.
5/24/1875Sir Sayed Ahmed Khan established Mohmmad Anglo Oriental School which was renamed in 1920 as 'Aligarh Muslim University'.