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Historical Event on 8/17/1932

V.S. Naipaul, great Indian writer, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/26/1979Charan Singh launches a new party called the Lok Dal.
10/5/1949A. K. Pillai, great social reformer and politician, died.
4/2/1948Communist leader S.A. Dange arrested in Bombay.
10/29/1996Kamini' (Kalpakkam Mini), a 30 KW research reactor which uses man-made Uranium-233 as fuel and the only working reactor of its kind in the world, attains 'criticality'.
4/29/1998The Reserve Bank reduces the bank rate by one point from 10 per cent in its monetary and credit policy for the first half of 1998- 99.
3/21/1993The 68 km Mangalore-Udupi stretch of the west coast Konkan rail line opened by the PM.
11/8/1661Guru Har Rai passed away. Second son Har Kishan became the eighth Sikh Guru age of 5 years 4 Months. He passed away at the age of 7 years 9 Months.
4/2/1994Governor Bhanu Prakash Singh dismisses Wilfred D'souza Government in Goa.
6/19/1990NDC approves approach paper to the Eighth Plan.
9/22/1789Office of Postmaster General is created under the Treasury Department.