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Historical Event on 12/17/1645

Noorjahan Begum passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/26/1932Gandhiji breaks fast on Indian government's acceptance of his demand regarding Harijans.
1/29/1997Fire engulfs most of the three top floors of the Express Towers, skyrise building owned by Indian Express group in Mumbai.
4/14/1914Takli Shivshankar, famous Malyalam novelist and short story writer, was born.
2/6/1950N. R. Pillai was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 13-05-1953.
9/24/1914Janardan Swami was born.
6/25/1888Lord Louis Mountbatten, British politician, was born.
10/15/1977The Congress party denies bid by Indira Gandhi to regain leadership.
12/22/1940Manvendranath Rai established the Radical Democratic Party.
9/24/1936It was reported that in the past two weeks over 2 million of India's depressed classes had renounced Hinduism in favor of Christianity.
5/12/1952Washington welcomes its first female ambassador, India's Shrimati Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit.