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Historical Event on 2/17/1948
Gorkha Rifles Battalion Group (INDBATT) unit was re-designated as the 5th Battalion the 8th Gorkha Rifles (the Sirmoor Rifles).
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| 10/2/1845 | First Shipping Company of India started. |
| 8/19/1944 | The last Japanese troops driven out of India. |
| 11/15/1997 | INS Delhi' commissioned. |
| 3/16/1995 | World's best 7th wkt stand of 461 runs by Bhupinder Singh Jr. & P. Dharmani. |
| 6/4/1972 | First Environment Day. |
| 8/7/1941 | Rabindranath Devendranath Tagore ""Gurudev"", great Indian poet, voluminous playwright, Noble Laureate, social reformer, freedom fighter, painter and philosopher, passed away at Calcutta at the age on 80 years. He will be always remembered for the national song ""Jana Gana Mana"" and as a founder of Vishwa Bharati, Shantiniketen, etc. |
| 10/31/1895 | Cottari Kanakaiya Nayudu, cricketer (India's 1st Test capt), born at Nagpur. |
| 10/17/1932 | Rani Gaidinliu, freedom fighter, social reformer and political leader, was captured by the British army. |
| 8/30/1993 | LPG, Petrol dealers get higher commission. |
| 7/28/1939 | Tarun Ram Phookun, great lawyer, orator, eminent writer and President of the Assam Chhatra Sammelan in 1928, passed away. |
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