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Historical Event on 11/17/1999
41 more ministers are inducted into the Ram Prakash Gupta Ministry in Uttar Pradesh taking the strength of the ministry to 91.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 11/17/1999 | Babur reached to his capital Agra after winning Bengal. |
| 10/2/1997 | At least 50 Pakistan soldiers were killed and several injured in a retaliatory firing by Indian troops in Nowgam, Uri and Kupwara sectors. Firing had been intermittent along LoC. |
| 3/6/1947 | Churchill opposes troop withdrawal from India at London. |
| 3/4/1858 | J. P. Walker, British Officer, along with 200 prisoners who were mainly from the Indian Sepoy Mutiny, sailed from Calcutta to start a new settlement in the Andaman Islands. |
| 5/18/1912 | Narayan Govind Chitre, with the help of R. P. Tipnis and Cameraman Johnson, produced a 8000 ft. long theatrical film 'Pundalik', which was directed by Ramchandra Torney alias Dada Saheb Torne. The entire film was shot in a theatre at Mangaldas Wadi in Bombay, where the Sangit Mandali, a professional theatre group, was performing a play 'Pundalik'. The film was released on May, 18 in the Coronation Cinematograph at Girgaum, Bombay. |
| 4/1/1941 | Ajit Laxman Wadekar, cricketer (stalwart Indian batsman & capt and Team Manager), was born in Bombay. He has received the Arjun Award (1967) and Padmashree (1972). |
| 4/8/1994 | Dr. Wilfred D'Souza re-installed as Goa CM. |
| 6/3/1985 | The week comprising of five working days was implemented in Central Government Offices for its staff. |
| 5/3/1969 | Shri Varahagiri Venkatagiri (1884-1980) became the acting President of India. |
| 7/19/1949 | Raja of Tehri Garhwal announces merger with Indian Union. |
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