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Historical Event on 3/17/1863
Sayajirao Gaekwad of Baroda was born.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 11/21/1947 | First postal stamp of indepedent India of three and half annas denomination was started. Major General Cariappa took over from Lieutenant General Sir Francies Tulker as the Army Commander, Eastern Command, in the rank of Lieutenant General. |
| 10/1/1995 | Hastimal Firodia, astrologer and industrialist, died. |
| 4/18/2000 | The Board of Control for Cricket in India adopts a six-point code of conduct for the players. |
| 5/11/1985 | Fifteen hundred people were arrested in Sikh violence. |
| 8/9/1788 | Gulam Kadir removed the eyes of Shah Alam 2nd, King of Delhi with a knife. |
| 7/16/1990 | O.P.Chautala resigns following directive from JD. |
| 10/31/2000 | Chhattisgarh, the 26th State of Indian Union, comes into existence with the swearing in of its Governor Dinesh Nandan Sahay and Chief Minister Ajit Jogi at a glittering function at Raipur. |
| 5/19/1913 | Neelam Sanjiva Reddy, President of India, was born. |
| 1/4/1907 | Govind Rai, renowned Gujarati novelist and writer of 'Saraswati Chandra', passed away. |
| 8/26/1927 | Second Radio Centre was started in Calcutta. |
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