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Historical Event on 12/17/1999
Pramod Mahajan, Parliamentary Affairs Minister, announces that Women's Bill will be introduced in the Lok Sabha.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 10/24/1975 | Bounded labour system was abolished by Ordinance |
| 5/1/1983 | Amravati University established. |
| 1/11/1859 | Lord Curzon, Governor General and Viceroy, was born. |
| 6/22/1982 | 19 persons were killed and 25 injured when an Air India Boeing 707 from Singapore via Madras crashed at Bombay. |
| 10/27/1923 | Arvind Navinchandra Mafatlal, famous industrialist, was born. |
| 11/22/1872 | Meera Behn (Medlin Slade), freedom fighter, was born at England. |
| 9/9/1923 | First magazine 'Kiran' was published by Ravikiran Mandal. |
| 8/23/1933 | Mahatma Gandhi was released from government detention in the Poona Civil Hospital after doctors warned that his fast was endangering his life. Gandhi, who undertook the fast eight days ago in protest over being arrested again by British authorities, weighed 90 pounds at the time of his release. There was considerable speculation over what the nationalist leader would do upon regaining his strength, but the common assumption was that he would be arrested again by the British authorities if he resumed his civil disobedience. |
| 3/31/1997 | Forex reserves touch a record $ 22.36 billions. |
| 10/19/1921 | Pandurangshastri Athvle, founder of 'Swadhyay Pariwar', was born. |
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