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Historical Event on 03/17/1527
Rana Sangram Singh, King of Mewad, fought Babur near Kanwa at Agra and lost the battle and died thereafter. He had vowed not to enter Chittogarh without a victory.
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| 2/27/1992 | Narasimha Rao elected Congress (I) President in the party poll held after a gap of 20 years. |
| 2/2/1814 | Calcutta Museum was established. It was a part of the Asiatic Society at a suggestion of a Danish surgeon Dr. Nathaniel Wallich, who was its first Director also. |
| 7/10/1994 | Ramrao Raghoba Rane, Paramveer Chakra awardee, died. |
| 5/19/1908 | Manik Bandopadhyay, modern Bengali novelist and story-writer, was born. |
| 6/5/1882 | Cyclonic Storm & floods in Arabian Sea hit Bombay. About 100,000 people drowned. |
| 1/4/1992 | The goverment promulgates an ordinance to prevent countermanding of election in the event of death of independent candidates. |
| 9/26/1999 | Atal Behari Vajpayee, Prime Minister, dispatched a team of experts to Karnataka and Tamil Nadu to assess the water storage position. |
| 10/18/1927 | Ramesh Vithaldas Divecha, cricketer (11 wickets for India in early 50's), was born in Bombay. |
| 12/25/1974 | Indian Aeroplane Jumbo 747 was hijacked and taken over to Rome. |
| 10/6/1990 | Justice Ranganath Mishra sworn in as Chief Justice of Supreme Court. |
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