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Historical Event on 5/17/1775
Marathas were badly mauled in the battle of Arras by Col. Keating in the first Anglo - Maratha war.
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| 1/4/1992 | The goverment promulgates an ordinance to prevent countermanding of election in the event of death of independent candidates. |
| 3/26/1980 | Bombay gets its first rock concert in 10 years (The Police). |
| 8/2/1880 | Bellary Raghava, famous actor, lawyer, social worker and dramatist, was born. |
| 11/17/1994 | North Eastern Council decides to include Sikkim in the Council. |
| 12/31/1965 | Sivaramakrishan Laxman, right-hand batsman and leg break bowler, was born in Madras. |
| 11/29/1991 | Industrial and bank strike called by the left-oriented trade unions to oppose the new industrial and economic policies. |
| 5/13/1791 | Lord Cornwallis retreated back to Madras after the battle of Arikera. |
| 9/7/1931 | The Second Round Table conference began in London and lasted till 1st December, 1931. Congress was solely represented by Gandhi and Muslim League by Sir Allama Iqbal and Quaid-e-Azam. Two committees were set up to carry out the work of the conference on Federal Structure and Minorities. Gandhi was the member of both the committees. He claimed that being the sole representative of the Congress, he represented the whole of India. Quaid-e-Azam replied that Muslims are a separate nation. Sir Shafi demanded that the 14 points of Quaid-e-Azam be incorporated in the future constitution. |
| 11/17/1986 | SAARC Summit at Bangalore decides to set up permanent secretariat at Kathmandu; India elected new Chairman. |
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