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Historical Event on 3/17/1967

4th Parliament (Lok Sabha) was formed.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/10/1926Rajmata Krishna Kumari, social worker, was born at Dharangadhra.
6/23/1993RBI cuts minimum lending rate by 1%.
1/31/1958First Earth Satellite Explorer I was launched from Cape Kennedy.
9/19/1704Guru Govind Singh died.
4/18/1612Khurram prince was married to Arjumand Banu Begum.
5/26/1906Benjamin Peary Pal, internationally famous scientist of Indian agriculture, was born at Mukundpur, Punjab. In 1929, he went to Cambridge to do research on wheat and he returned to Burma with a Ph.D. five years later. In 1933, he got a research job with what is now known as the Indian Agricultural Research Institute in New Delhi. In 1965, Pal became Director General of the newly founded Indian Council of Agricultural Research in New Delhi. He has written several books on roses, the most popular being ""The Rose in India"".
7/18/1994Munis Raza, famous educationist and former Chancellor of Delhi University, passed away.
5/15/1999The BJP and at least 13 of its allies rename themselves the National Democratic Alliance.
11/17/1835James Todd, researcher and writer of Rajput history, passed away.
1/14/1946Two jetties collapse in Ganges; 160 Hindu pilgrims are crushed.