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Historical Event on 12/17/1933

Lala Amarnath scores a century (118) in his Test Cricket debut.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/3/1995Sheila Kaul becomes Governor of Himachal Pradesh, P. Shivshankar of Kerala and V Reghunath Reddy takes additional charge of Sikkim.
9/8/1990Mother Teresa re-elected head of Missionaries of Charity.
7/20/1991Chithira Tirunal Bala Rama Varma, former Maharaja of Travancore, passed away at the age of 78 years after a brief illness. His term as the descendant of the Chera dynasty saw many progressive reforms in the field of legislation, education and many more. He was hailed as ""Ashoka the second"", and Gandhiji parised him as a ""Historical wonder"".
11/8/1988Salman Rushdie's 'The Satanic Verses' awarded 1988 Whitbread Prize.
1/12/1949Tej Bahadur Saproo, liberal leader, passed away. He was a strong believer in constitution and not in revolutions.
12/4/1829Britain abolished ""sati"" in India (widow burning herself to death on her husband's funeral pyre)
4/30/1996Re-polling in 445 stations in six states.
4/16/1997G. Kishenchand, former Indian Test cricketer, died.
10/1/1997Bus with 70 people fell into a stream near Cuddappah.
12/14/1901Gandhiji reaches Rajkot via Porbunder.