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Historical Event on 12/17/1971
Ceasefire between India & Pakistan in Kashmir and end of Indo-Pak war.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 12/10/1878 | Muhammad Ali Jauhar, great eminent journalist, editor, orator, fighter and one of the founders of Jamia Millia Islamia, was born at Najibabad, UP. |
| 10/13/1967 | Vasant Prabhu, famous music director, died. |
| 10/2/1904 | Lal Bahadur Shastri, the second Prime Minister of India (1964-66), was born in Mughalsarai near Benaras in Uttar Pradesh. |
| 6/16/1997 | P. Sukumaran (50), Malayalam film actor, died in Kochi. |
| 4/15/1948 | Indian territory of Himachal Pradesh was created by the merger of some 30 small ruling states. |
| 12/12/1955 | The President promulgated an ordinance providing the usage of Hindi with English for official purposes of Indian Union. B.G. Kher Commission (under article 344(I) of the Constitution) constituted. Hindi Teaching Scheme was introduced under Ministry of Home Affairs. |
| 4/6/1966 | Mihir Sen, first Indian swimmer to achieve many remarkable feats, swam across the 'Palk Strait' measuring 22 kms between India & Sri Lanka (Cylone). |
| 7/17/1937 | Delhi-Calcutta Express Train derailed near Patna killing 95. |
| 1/11/1958 | Two lakh Indians in East Pakistan were rounded up and lodged in concentration camps. |
| 12/5/1950 | Sikkim becomes a protectorate of India. |
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