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Historical Event on 5/17/1775
Marathas were badly mauled in the battle of Arras by Col. Keating in the first Anglo - Maratha war.
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| 8/15/1993 | Five more Doordarshan channels launched. |
| 3/5/1948 | C. Rajagopalachari appointed the first Indian Governor General to succeed Lord Mountbatten on 21 June. |
| 12/16/2000 | Indian Airlines wins the 60th National Hockey championship in Jammu. |
| 5/8/1930 | Gandhi followers mob Bombay to protest his arrest. |
| 6/4/1994 | Army successfully test-fires the short range surface-to-surface missile, 'Prithvi'. |
| 5/1/1992 | Seperate secretariat was established for primary education. |
| 2/18/1974 | Daniel Moynihan, US ambassador to India, presents $2,046,700,000 cheque. |
| 12/30/1887 | Kanhaiyalal Maneklal Munshi, leader of India Freedom Movement, Law expert, Educationist, Litterateur and founder of ""Bhartiya Vidya Bhavan"", was born at Bharuch. |
| 11/9/1841 | Edward VII, King of England (1901-10), was born. |
| 9/1/1947 | Indian Standard Time was adopted. |
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