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Historical Event on 8/17/1985
Rajiv Gandhi announces Punjab state elections in India.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 8/10/1992 | P. P. Thorat, retired Lt and General, died. |
| 8/10/1992 | Buhlul Khan Lodi, an Afghan of Lodi tribe, marched down upon Delhi. |
| 10/30/1963 | Pasumpon Muthuramalingam Thevar, nationalist, freedom fighter and social worker, died at Madurai. |
| 5/17/1976 | 4 Indians successfully skied down from the slope of Trishul peak. |
| 10/1/1995 | Hastimal Firodia, astrologer and industrialist, died. |
| 5/8/1990 | Paul Mantosh and Joss Fernandes take oath as nominated Anglo-Indian members in Lok Sabha. |
| 9/6/1996 | CBI arrests four Jharkhand Mukti Morcha leaders in bribery case. |
| 8/17/1998 | National Human Rights Commission recommends compulsory registration of marriages in a bid to check child marriages. |
| 6/29/1924 | Ezra Laderman, NYC, composer (Jacob & the Indians), was born. |
| 6/29/1924 | Sher Shah defeats Humayun near Buxar at Chausa and becomes emperor of Delhi. |
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