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Historical Event on 9/17/1948
The Nizam of Hyderabad, in a broadcast, announced ceasefire to his troops and accession into Indian Union, which was settled earlier to the announcement.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 8/17/1911 | Y.R. Lokurkar, senior journalist, was born. |
| 2/14/1628 | 5th Mughal Emperor Shahjahan was crowned. |
| 6/22/1920 | Chandrasekhar Trimbak Sarwate, cricketer (batted in 9 Tests for India 1946-52), was born in Sangor, Vidarbha. |
| 4/18/2000 | The Board of Control for Cricket in India adopts a six-point code of conduct for the players. |
| 5/15/1992 | Harshad Mehta suspended. |
| 3/5/1999 | The indigenously-built multi-barrel rocket launcher ''Pinaka'' is successfully test-fired at Chandipur-on-sea in Orissa. |
| 8/16/1932 | Britain instituted new electoral plan for India: to allow limited untouchables and giving them separate representation. |
| 10/3/1903 | Swami Ramanand Tirth, politician and educationist, was born. |
| 11/30/1994 | Laxmi Menon, former Foreign state minister, died. |
| 3/23/1997 | 10 Dalits killed in Kab village of Bihar by Ranbir Sena, a pro-landlord extremist organisation. |
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