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Historical Event on 8/17/1882
Sir Ram Nath Chopra, noted professor of Pharmacology, was born.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 2/26/1857 | First Indian Revolution called the Sepoy Mutiny ends in a few months with the fall of Delhi and Lucknow which broke out in Berhampore by the 19th Bengal Infantry. |
| 1/15/1996 | Restoration of the original name of the city as ""Mumbai"" for Bombay Vide Maharashtra Act No, XXV of 1996. |
| 1/8/1987 | P. G. Joshi, cricketer (12 Tests for India 1951-60, ct 18 stp 9), passed away. |
| 7/30/1992 | The Supreme Court declares that capitation fee in educational institutions is unlawful. |
| 3/13/1958 | Vallathol Narayana Menon, great freedom fighter, poet, literateur and writer,died at the age of 80. |
| 5/18/1973 | A powerful underground explosion rocked India's desert of Rajasthan today, making India the sixth nation in history to set off a nuclear device. The blast, which took place at a depth of 330 feet, was in the range of 10-15 kilotons, smaller than the bomb exploded by the US at Nagasaki in World War II. India is signatory to the 1963 test ban treaty, and thus was prohibited from exploding the device on land or in the air. Prime Minister Indira Gandhi claimed the purpose of the test was peaceful and said 'such explosions may have their use in mining operations'. |
| 6/11/2000 | Assailants gun down 12 upper caste persons, including eight of a family in Bihar's Nawada district. |
| 1/17/1923 | Rangey Raghav, famous hindi writer, was born. |
| 12/11/1922 | Dilip Kumar, famous film actor, was born. |
| 9/4/1996 | Celebration of Platinum jubilee of B.Y.L. Nair Charitable Hospital and Topiwal National Medical College from 4th September 1995 to 4th September 1996 (CIVIC). |
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