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Historical Event on 6/17/1947
Burma was adopted as republic by constitution assembly.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 6/17/1947 | Alauddin Khilji captured Chittorhgarh after defeating Rana Bhim Singh. Before the capture, Padmini, the beautiful queen along with several hundred females, had sacrificed herself in fire (Jouhar Pratha). This whole battle was fought due to Padmini. |
| 2/1/1942 | No.1 Squadron arrived in Burma with its Lysanders, flying tactical recce missions from Toungoo before transferring to Mingaladon with a flight deployed at Lashio. |
| 5/20/1850 | Vishnushastri Chiplunkar, father of modern story writing in Marathi, was born. |
| 11/22/1928 | British King George confined to bed with congested lung; Queen to take over duties. |
| 8/15/1990 | GOI declares Prophet Mohammed's birthday a national holiday. |
| 1/23/1927 | Balasaheb Thackrey, Shiv Sena chief and Hindu Hriday Samrat, was born. |
| 8/12/2000 | Neelam Jaswant Singh heaves the discus to a National mark (59.53m) in the Travancore National circuit athletics meet in Thiurvananthapuram. |
| 8/1/2000 | 27 'yatris' (travelers) die after militants attack a ''langar'' in a Pahalgam health resort en route to the Amarnath cave shrine. |
| 5/26/1983 | R. V. Marathe, father of Postal Index, passed away. |
| 2/14/1990 | An Indian Airlines Airbus crashes at Bangalore killing 92 people. |
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