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Historical Event on 12/17/1996

Virendrakumar Jain, famous writer, died in Mumbai.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/14/1994C. V. Waran, veteran freedom fighter and social worker, passed away.
11/14/1998Prominent Indian Government and private entities are targeted in the Clinton Administration Entities List. American Companies are barred from trading with the listed companies.
3/20/1993Memon brothers, the prime suspects in the Bombay bomb blasts, escape from Dubai.
5/20/1994Indian ship rescues over 2000 Indian nationals trapped in the embattled Yemen's port city of Aden.
5/26/1948First ever trade agreement with Pakistan.
2/20/1847Turf Club of Royal Calcutta was established.
4/9/1756Ali Bardi Khan of Bengal passed away in Murshidabad. His youngest daughter's son Siraj-ud-Daulah was crowned as King of Bengal when he was merely 20 years old after the death of King Tartar.
4/5/1950Spurred by recent clashes in East and West Bengal between Muslims and Hindus, Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru and his Pakistani couterpart Ali Khan today reached agreement on a ""Bill of Rights for Minorities"". This bill included a provision for ""drumhead justice,"" or summary justice to persons convicted of violating minority rights.
2/9/1951The first census of free India of enumeration work was started.
10/9/1942Bibi Amar Kaur, freedom fighter, successfully hoisted the national flag at Jail Gate of Lahore. She was then arrested and send to Ambala Jail.