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Historical Event on 6/17/1839
Lord William Bentik, governor general of India, was born.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 3/22/1963 | World Bank loans India $ 67 mil. to improve its railways. |
| 2/14/1932 | Madhubala (Mumtaj Begam), film actress, was born. |
| 3/4/1994 | Lech Walesa, Polish President, visit India. |
| 7/1/1927 | Chandrashekhar, former Prime Minister of India, was born. |
| 8/9/1952 | New Delhi reports that 20 mil. Indian peasants were imperiled by crop failures. |
| 6/7/1984 | Indian Army troops, sent to Punjab to quell Sikh violence, stormed the Golden Temple in Amritsar, the holiest of Sikh shrines. More than 400 persons were reported killed in the assault at the shrine, including Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale. |
| 7/22/1978 | Indira Gandhi charged with criminal misconduct during 1977 campaign. |
| 8/17/1998 | National Human Rights Commission recommends compulsory registration of marriages in a bid to check child marriages. |
| 8/20/1917 | Declaration of historic 'Mongegue'. |
| 10/23/1973 | Sambamurthy Pichhu, famous musician of Madras, died. |
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