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Historical Event on 8/17/1985
Rajiv Gandhi announces Punjab state elections in India.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 7/26/1923 | Mukeshchandra Mathur, famous playback singer, was born. |
| 4/27/1997 | CBI decides to prosecute Bihar CM Laloo Prasad Yadav, former CM Dr. Jagannath Mishra, Union Minister Chandra Deo Prasad Verma and 53 others in the Rs. 950 crore fodder scam case. |
| 12/29/1844 | W.C. Bonerjee, first President of the Indian National Congress, was born in Kidderpore, Calcutta. |
| 9/8/1997 | English chosen as the official language of Dravidian University which was set up at Kuppam (Andhra Pradesh) jointly by the southern states. |
| 7/30/1622 | Tulsidas, devotee of God Rama Saint, great poet and writer of Ramayana, Hanuman chalisa and many many more, died. There are difference in dates 30/7 or 23/10/1623. |
| 12/3/1984 | 3,000 people died and more than 50,000 people were badly affected when they inhaled poisonous toxic gas emission from the Union Carbide plant. This event is better known as ""the Bhopal Gas Tragedy"", the biggest industrial disaster that occured in India. |
| 7/13/1957 | Behram Navrosji Karanjia, leading merchant and director of various companies, passed away. |
| 1/18/1925 | Gajanan Johari, famous Marathi writer, was born. |
| 2/6/1931 | Motilal Gangadhar Nehru, revolutionary, founder of 'Swaraj Party', political leader and barrister, passed away at Lucknow. |
| 12/13/1899 | Pandurang Satu Naik, famous film photographer of Indian film industry, was born. |
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