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Historical Event on 2/17/1698
Aurangzeb fell to Jinjee fort, seat of Maratha power, after eight-year siege.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 1/10/1963 | Gold Control Measures Plan was started by the Government of India. |
| 3/31/1994 | Argentina President Carlos Menem visits India. |
| 5/25/1990 | Jag Mohan, J&K Governor, resigns. Girish Chandra Saxena appointed new Governor. |
| 9/18/1927 | Maharashtra Chamber of Commerce was established. |
| 8/20/1969 | Varahagiri Venkata Giri was elected President and G. S. Pathak as Vice President of India. |
| 3/7/1911 | Sachchitanand Hiranand Vatsyayan, (Agyeya), modern Hindi literary journalist, freedom fighter and the winner of Jnanpith Award of 1979, was born. |
| 11/12/2000 | Huge voter turnout for Congress Presidential poll. Seven top BSF and IAF officials die after their MI8 helicopter crashes near Lakhpat in the Rann of Kutch in Gujarat. |
| 5/8/1990 | A 255 kmph cyclone lashes Andhra Pradesh coast causing heavy losses to life and property. |
| 8/13/1963 | Sisir Kumar Mitra, Physics scientist, died at the age of 73. |
| 9/10/1923 | Sukumar Roy, famous Bengali child litterateur, passed away. |
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