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Historical Event on 8/17/1848

Romesh Chunder Dutt, great political leader, writer and social worker, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/9/1949The Territorial Army of India inaugurated by the Governor General.
12/26/1831Hennry Louis Vivian Derozio passed away.
9/3/1931Kanhaiya Prasad Sharan, politician, journalist and social worker, was born at Muzaffapur, Bihar.
12/23/1912Rash Behari Ghosh and Sachin Sanyal threw a bomb at Viceroy Lord Hardinge II in Delhi. He had come to Delhi on an elephant for the initiation of the new capital. The Viceroy was injured in the bomb blast.
1/27/1989M. Karunanidhi sworn in as DMK CM in Tamil Nadu.
6/11/1946Viceroy interviewed Gandhiji, and mooted proposal of Coalition Government at Centre.
9/30/1997At least 20 civilians were killed and over 30 injured in unprovoked firing by Pakistani troops on Kargil town in Jammu&Kashmir.
1/22/1980Bal Ram Jakhar elected Lok Sabha Speaker.
6/20/1992The JD and the NF choose former Lok Sabha Dy Speaker Prof. G. G. Swell as the Presidential candidate.
2/20/1847Turf Club of Royal Calcutta was established.