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Historical Event on 03/17/1527
Rana Sangram Singh, King of Mewad, fought Babur near Kanwa at Agra and lost the battle and died thereafter. He had vowed not to enter Chittogarh without a victory.
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| 4/4/1998 | G. Sarala Devi, 62, CPI leader and general secretary of the National Federation of Indian Women, passed away in Hyderabad. |
| 7/31/1658 | Aurangzeb appoints himself Mongol emperor. |
| 5/16/1999 | Senior Congress leaders oppose Sonia Gandhi as Prime Minister. |
| 2/1/1797 | Lord Cornwallis was sworn in as Governor General of India for a second time in England. However, he did not proceed to India till 1805. |
| 10/18/1712 | Jeremias Van Riemsdijk, Governor General of Dutch Indies (1775-77), was born. |
| 3/24/1977 | Morarji Desai elected leader of Janata Party and sworn in as the Prime Minister of India at New Delhi. Later he formed his cabinet. He was in the office of Prime Minister till July 28, 1979. This was first non-Congress Government in India. |
| 1/29/1979 | Tamil Nadu Expess, India's first Jumbo passenger train, was flagged off from New Delhi Railway Station for Madras. |
| 8/13/1953 | Durgabai Deshmukh became the founder Chairperson of Central Social Welfare Board, which involved several voluntary organisations and workers carrying out programs like education, training and rehabilitation of needy women etc. |
| 7/8/1985 | Sri Lanka Peace talks open in Thimphu. |
| 8/25/1981 | Sharad Pawar, Maharashtra leader, elected the President of Congress. |
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