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Historical Event on 3/17/1995

Congress-I in Arunachal Pradesh wins two-third majority.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/11/1894Sudhirranjan Das, former Chief Justice of Supreme Court, was born.
1/23/1996Maharashtra govt. winds up the inquiry commission headed by Justice Srikrishna set up to probe the communal riots in Mumbai in Dec. 92-Jan. 93.
6/30/1817Dadabhai Navroji, veteran leader and industrialist, died.
10/23/1883Darashaw Nosherwan Wadia, a pioneer in Indian Geology, was born at Surat in Gujarat.
5/6/1952Dr. Rajendra Prasad re-elected the President of India ""Rashtrapati"" after the first Presidential election held under the Indian constitution.
4/15/1932Suresh Shridhar Bhat, famous poet, was born.
1/27/1996'Prithvi', surface-to-surface missile, test-fired successfully.
7/20/1903British to increase size of Royal Army in India.
5/1/1996Motilal Vohra, U.P. Governor, resigns (hawala case).
1/24/1966Dr. Homi Jahangir Bhabha, chairmain of Atomic Research Institute, passed away near Geneva when Air India Boeing 707 crashed in accident at Alps Hills, Mont Blanc in Switzerland killing all the 117 persons on board.