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AKBAR THE GREAT

January 17, 1601: Akbar occupied Burhanpur and besieged Asirgarh Fort in 1599, and took it on 17 Jan. 1601, when Miran Bahadur Shah refused to submit Khandesh.

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BABU GULABRAI

January 17 - Birth Anniversary

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CHAKRAVARTI RAJAGOPALACHARI

January 17, 1965: When the Anti-Hindi agitations broke out in 1965, he completely reversed his 1938 support for the introduction of Hindi and took a strongly anti-Hindi stand in support of the protests. On this day, he convened the Madras state Anti-Hindi conference in Tiruchirapalli, where he criticised the related provisions of the Indian Constitution.

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D.R. KAPREKAR

January 17 - Birth Anniversary

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INDIA - CRIMES
Nirbhaya Gang Rape

January 17, 2013: Fast track court started proceedings against five adult accused.

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TEJAS - LIGHT COMBAT AIRCRAFT

January 17, 2015: SP-1 was handed over to Indian Air Force by Defence Minister Sh. Manohar Parrikar.

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JAVED AKHTAR

January 17 - Birthday

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J.S. VERMA

January 17, 2003: He retired as Chairman, National Human Rights Commission on this day.

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JYOTI BASU

January 17 - Death Anniversary

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JYOTI PRASAD AGARWALA

January 17 - Death Anniversary

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KAMAL AMROHI

January 17 - Birth Anniversary

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K.P. SINGH

January 17, 2008: A Special Award conferred by NDTV, at the Indian of the Year Award Function held on this day, for his contribution towards growth of Indian economy.

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M.G. RAMACHANDRAN

January 17 - Birth Anniversary

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RAJENDRA PRASAD

January 17, 1934: On this day, he was released from Jail and set up Bihar Central Relief Committee and took the task of raising funds to help the people affected by the earthquake 2 days earlier.

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RAMAN LAMBA

January 17, 1987: He made his test match debut on this day; against Sri Lanka.

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RANGEYA RAGHAV

January 17 - Birth Anniversary

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SONIYA MEHRA

January 17, 2014: She is best known for playing Tanya Kapoor in Ragini MMS 2, an Indian erotic-horror film directed by Bhushan Patel, released on this day.

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SPORTS - GOLF

January 17, 1916: The Professional Golfers Association (PGA) was formed on this day.

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SUCHITRA SEN

January 17 - Death Anniversary

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SUNANDA PUSHKAR

January 17 - Death Anniversary

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UMA SHANKAR SINGH

January 17 - Birth Anniversary

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UNITED NATIONS

January 17, 1946: The UN Security Council held its first session on this day.

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VIRAT KOHLI

January 17, 1916: He scored a century in ODI match against Australia in Australia.

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