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Historical Event on 3/17/1920

Mujiburr Rahman, the first Prime Minister of Bangladesh, was born in Tungipara now in Bangladesh.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/2/1877Pandit Ravishankar Shukla, former Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh, lawyer, politician and social worker, was born in Sagar, M.P.
3/30/1990Constitution (64th) Amendment Bill to extend President's rule in Punjab collapses in Lok Sabha.
12/8/1980Soviet President Leonid Brezhnev visits New Delhi.
7/1/1821Daily newspaper 'Mumbai Samachar' was published.
1/22/1998Second Lieutenant Punit Datta is posthumously selected for the nation's highest peace time gallantry award, Ashok Chakra.
9/29/2000The Appellate Authority of the Industrial and Financial Reconstruction stays the order of the BIFR permitting winding up of Bharat Gold Mines Limited, KGF, Karnataka.
12/28/1981Madras-Penang undersea cable commissioned.
6/23/1661Princess Catherine of Portugal wed King of England Charles II. Portugal gave island of Mumbai to England as present. The British got Bombay as dowry from Portugal.
7/22/1992The Supreme Court asks UP Government to halt construction in Ayodhya.
7/24/2000S. Vijayalakshmi becomes the first Indian woman Grandmaster in the International Grandmasters chess tournament held in Hyderabad.