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Historical Event on 12/17/1905

Judge Mohammad Hidayatullah, Chief Justice and Supreme Court of India, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/23/1947The U.K. Cabinet today took the historic step of agreeing to Lord Mountbatten's proposal for the partition of India into two states, one Muslim and the other Hindu. The Viceroy is to have a series of talks with Lord Listowel, the Secretary for India.
7/7/197378 drowned as flash flood sweeped a bus into a river (India).
2/7/198161 die in circus fire in Bangalore.
9/21/1996Apang (Legislative Party leader of Arunachal Congress) sworn in as Arunachal Pradesh chief minister again.
10/3/1997Financial and operational autonomy to be given to 97 profit-making public sector enterprises ('mini-ratnas') other than the navaratnas.
1/18/1992Ordinance cuts minimum poll campaign time to 14 days from 20 days.
7/27/19987 Hindus are gunned down in two Doda villages of Jammu and Kashmir.
8/15/1997IWM Vijayalakshmi wins Asian Zonal Women's Chess tournament in Tehran.
4/4/1990Lata Mangeshkar wins 1989 Dada Saheb Phalke award.
1/8/1996Maharashtra government clears Enron Dhabol power project at a tariff of Rs. 1.86 per unit.