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Historical Event on 12/17/1740

Chimaji Appa, Peshwa warrior, died.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/3/1948H. M. S. Auchils was taken over by Indian Navy.
7/17/1948Govt. announced that all discriminations against women in matter of employment will be done away with and in future, women will be eligible for any public service including administrative sevice and police service.
4/24/1929First non-stop flight from England to India takes-off.
2/2/1978The Indian National Congress (I) recognized as a national party and allotted the election symbol 'hand' (Palm).
11/24/1991Bihar's ruling JD makes a clean sweep of all the three Lok Sabha seats in the by-elections.
10/10/1909Nagarwala Noshirvan Dorab, cricket umpire of five Tests, was born in Maharashtra.
12/16/1971Bangladesh was formed. President Yahya Khan of Pakistan changed his position dramatically and announced he would accept a ceasefire with India. After his forces in East Pakistan surrendered unconditionally, Yahya Khan vowed to keep fighting in the West against his political enemy. His reversal today undermines his administration, and there are growing indications he will step down as head of the military government. Yahya has already been criticized for his brutal repression of the Bengali separatist movement, which has renamed East Pakistan as Bangladesh. It appears that the separatists may actually benefit from the fighting, because India has managed to defeat most of Yahya's military forces in East Pakistan.
3/17/19674th Parliament (Lok Sabha) was formed.
5/31/1973Mohan Kumaramangalam, Central Minister, died in an air crash near Delhi.
8/5/1981Jagjivan Ram heads breakaway Congress(U) and calls new party Congress (J).