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Historical Event on 4/17/1926

Chandrashekhar, eighth Prime Minister of India, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/17/1995Congress-I in Arunachal Pradesh wins two-third majority.
11/22/1990Laloo Prasad Yadav, Bihar CM, wins confidence motion (202-108).
8/9/1998India moves the World Trade Organisation against the European Union reimposing anti-dumping duties on unbleached cotton gray fabric imports.
12/26/1989India debars Bofors from future contracts until they come out clean.
4/15/1956A combined army and police action against well armed Naga rebels.
9/24/1992Union Labour Minister announces a new export-oriented emigration policy in place of the regulatory one.
5/27/1968Second Jawaharlal Nehru award for International Understanding given to Reverend Martin Luther King posthumously.
6/9/1964Lal Bahadur Shastri became the second Prime Minister of India when the country was shocked of Jawaharlal Nehru's death and Indo-China war. Shastri gave the quotation ""Jai Jawan Jai Kisan"" which motivated the war-affected Indians to boost their morale. He remained in this office till he died on January 11, 1966 at Taskent. In his cabinet, Indira Gandhi served as Minister of Information and Broadcasting.
6/24/1961Indian Manufactured Supersonic fighter HF24 flew took to air for the first time.
12/7/1856First Hindu widow married officially.