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Historical Event on 6/17/1839

Lord William Bentik, governor general of India, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/22/1959Iyengar Kasturi Srinivas, great politician and journalist, passed away.
11/6/1999Red carpet welcome to Pope. He appreciated the religious freedom in India.
11/21/1991R. Nagarajan, former Tamil Nadu Home Secretary, arrested for harbouring LTTE militants.
11/18/1988Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev arrives in Delhi on a three-day visit.
10/17/1996President's rule reimposed in U.P.
8/10/1901Narayan Pillai Gopala Pillai, great poet and educationist, was born in Quilon, Kerala.
2/3/1994Akash' missile launched successfully.
12/1/1931The Second Round Table conference that began in London ended. Congress was solely represented by Gandhi and Muslim League by Sir Allama Iqbal and Quaid-e-Azam, etc. Two committees were setup to carry out the work of the conference on Federal Structure and Minorities. Gandhi was the member of both 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 future constitution.
7/3/1991Kailash Sethi was appointed as the Narcotics Commissioner of India. He headed this office till 22-07-1996.
12/1/1963Nagaland becomes the 16th state of Indian union.