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Historical Event on 5/17/1775
Marathas were badly mauled in the battle of Arras by Col. Keating in the first Anglo - Maratha war.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 5/10/1927 | Nayantara Sahgal, famous writer and social reformer, was born. |
| 3/31/1926 | Dattatray Balwant Parasnis, who made research in History, passed away. |
| 5/25/1917 | Abdul Vavakunju Ummasalumma Khader, freedom fighter, was born in Kerala. He was hanged on September 10, 1943. |
| 8/25/1965 | Indian troops cross the Kashmir ceasefire line pursuing Pakistani infiltrators. |
| 5/4/1959 | Nehru rejects proposals that India and Pakistan resolve their differences and set up a common alliance against Communist China. |
| 4/12/1913 | Gandhiji in Indian Opinion draws attention to new Immigration Bill's failure to fulfil terms of Provisional Settlement of 1911. Kasturba decides to join Passive Resistance struggle. |
| 6/13/2000 | Yashwant Sinha, Finance Minister, announces a one-time settlement of outstanding loans below Rs. 10 crores in a move aimed at ridding the public sector banks of Rs. 51,000 crores of bad loans. |
| 3/1/2000 | Gopichand wins the Indian Oil Servo National badminton championship at Kochi-making it four in a row. |
| 5/17/1994 | Nar Bahadur Bhandari voted out in Sikkim; Sikkim Sangram Parishad leader Sanchaman Limboo takes over as CM. |
| 10/22/1937 | Gandhiji presided over the educational conference at Wardha and outlined his scheme of education through basic crafts. |
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