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Historical Event on 12/17/1933

Lala Amarnath scores a century (118) in his Test Cricket debut.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/20/1905First Partition of Bengal, which was proposed by Lord Curzon, was accepted by British Government's Minister of India.
2/14/1901King Edward VII open's his first parliament.
6/8/1997Prafulla Kumar Mahanta, Assam Chief Minister, has a narrow escape as a powerful remote-controlled bomb exploded in Maligaon area of Guwahati.
10/29/1961New All India Muslim League was established.
10/15/1999Maharashtra Governor P. C. Alexander asks both the BJP-Shiv Sena combine and the Congress(I) for proof.
6/1/1993Burkino Faso President Blaise Campaore visits India.
5/27/1930Maulana Abul Kalam Azad was arrested during Salt Movement.
2/24/1997Charles Shobhaj, the notorious murder suspect, to be deported to France after 20 years in Tihar jail.
1/2/1990Capt. Nivedita Bhasin, 26, becomes the youngest woman pilot in world civil aviation history to command a jet aircraft.
12/15/1950Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, first deputy Prime Minister of independent India also known as the 'Iron Man' and Bharat Ratna awardee, died.