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ABDUL RAHIM KHAN-i-KHANA |
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December 17 - Birth Anniversary |
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SHAHEED BHAGAT SINGH |
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December 17, 1929: He conspired with
revolutionaries like Shivaram Rajguru, Sukhdev Thapar, and
Chandrashekhar Azad to kill Scott as and by way of revenge for the death
of Lala Lajpat Rai owing to police beatings. However, in a case of
mistaken identity, the plotters shot John P. Saunders, a police
official, in Lahore on this day. |
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BHOGARAJU PATTABHI SITARAMAYYA |
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December 17 - Death Anniversary |
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EKNATH EASWARAN |
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December 17 - Birth Anniversary |
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GOA Operation Vijay |
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December 17, 1961: A former Portuguese province;
the Portuguese overseas territory of Portuguese India existed for about
450 years until it was annexed by India in 1961 on this day. |
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GOPALAN KASTURI |
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December 17 - Birth Anniversary |
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INDIA - CRIMES 2012 Delhi Gang Rape |
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December 17, 2012: Delhi
Police identified four men who raped and assaulted her --
bus driver Ram Singh, his brother Mukesh, Vinay Sharma and
Pawan Gupta. Doctors said that the woman had suffered grave
internal injuries. |
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INDIA - TREATIES SIMLA AGREEMENT OF 1972 |
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December 17, 1971: The agreement converted the cease-fire line of
this day into the Line
of Control (LOC) between India and Pakistan and
it was agreed that "neither side shall seek to
alter it unilaterally, irrespective of mutual
differences and legal interpretations". |
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JOHN ABRAHAM |
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December 17 - Birthday |
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MOHAMMAD AZHARUDDIN |
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December 17, 1988: In a one day
international cricket match at Baroda against New Zealand on this day,
he scored the fastest Indian century in just 62 balls. |
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MOHAMMAD HIDAYATULLAH |
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December 17 - Birth Anniversary |
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MOTHER TERESA |
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December 17, 2015: The Vatican confirmed that Pope Francis recognised a
second miracle attributed to her involving the healing of a Brazilian
man with multiple brain tumours. |
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P.C. MAHALANAOBIS |
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December 17, 1931: He founded the Indian
Statistical Institute at Calcutta. |
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RAJENDRA LAHIRI |
December 17 - Death Anniversary He was found guilty after a long trial and was
sentenced to death and was hanged in the Gonda
district jail on this day, two days before the
scheduled date. |
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RITESH DESHMUKH |
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December 17 - Birthday |
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SHIVARAM RAJGURU |
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December 17, 1928: Bhagat Singh
conspired with revolutionaries like Shivaram Rajguru,
Sukhdev Thapar, and Chandrashekhar Azad to kill Scott as and
by way of revenge for the death of Lala Lajpat Rai owing to
police beatings. However, in a case of mistaken identity,
the plotters shot John P. Saunders, a police official, in
Lahore on this day. |
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S.H. KAPADIA |
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December 17, 2003: He
retired as the Chief Justice of the Uttarakhand High Court.
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SUKHDEV THAPAR |
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December 17, 1928: Bhagat
Singh
conspired with revolutionaries like Shivaram Rajguru,
Sukhdev Thapar, and Chandrashekhar Azad to kill Scott as and
by way of revenge for the death of Lala Lajpat Rai owing to
police beatings. However, in a case of mistaken identity,
the plotters shot John P. Saunders, a police official, in
Lahore on this day. |
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SUSHILKUMAR SHINDE |
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December 17, 2012: He came under intense criticism by the Indian media
and the people in general for addressing Jamaat-ud-Dawa chief and an
alleged conspirator for Mumbai Terror Attacks Hafiz Muhammad Saeed using
honorifics like Mr and Shri on this day. |
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SYED
MUSHTAQ ALI |
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December 17 - Birth Anniversary |
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WAHENGBAM NIPAMACHA SINGH |
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December 17 - Birth Anniversary |
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