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Historical Event on 7/17/1948
Govt. 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.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 2/11/1997 | A New Delhi district consumer court holds that provision of drinking water aboard trains is a necessity and it is the duty of the railways to provide it to passengers in reserved compartments. |
| 1/24/1958 | First international Film Festival started in Mumbai. |
| 4/25/1955 | Syed Mohammad Zamin Ali, great educationist, poet, editor, writer, professor and founder-member of the Hindustani Academy, passed away. |
| 2/5/1919 | Sitaram Kesri, veteran Congress leader, was born. |
| 7/26/1874 | Rajarshi Shahu Chhatrapati, great revolutionary freedom fighter and social reformer, was born. |
| 11/29/1991 | Test Cricket debut of Javagal Srinath vs Australia at Gabba. |
| 8/10/1998 | Sri Bhuteshanandji Maharaj, 97, president of the Ramakrishna Math and Ramakrishna Mission, died in Calcutta. |
| 1/5/1995 | India receives first consignment of Chinese Low Enriched Uranium (LEU) for the 2 US built Tarapur nuclear plant with the approval of IAEA. |
| 1/11/1975 | Oil struck in third Bombay High rig. |
| 2/21/1952 | General Election ( 1st) of India ends. |
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