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Historical Event on 7/17/1948

Govt. announced that all discriminations against women in matter of employment will be done away with and in future, women will be eligible for any public service including administrative sevice and police service.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/13/1971Fifth General Election of India ends.
11/7/1974South Africa beats India in Women's Open in 63rd Tennis Davis Cup.
5/6/1946Bhulabhai Desai, great politician, passed away.
10/30/1976Elections to the lower house of the Indian Parliament suspended again until early 1978.
3/20/1926For the first time in the history of the competition, Scotland beats England for rugby's Calcutta Cup in London.
1/10/1959Martin Luther King, the US Black leader, arrived in New Delhi.
2/9/1964Hanumant Singh scores 105 runs on his debut match during the India vs England cricket tournament at Delhi.
9/23/1908Ramdhari Singh Dinkar, famous Hindi poet, was born.
1/29/1939Ramkrishna Mission Sanskritik Sansthan (Institute of Culture) was established.
6/12/1997Mihir Sen, long distance swimmer, died.