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Historical Event on 3/17/1920

Mujiburr Rahman, the first Prime Minister of Bangladesh, was born in Tungipara now in Bangladesh.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/1/1991Stone laid for the Sanskrit University at Kaladi, the birthplace of Adi Sankara.
9/19/1995PM leaves for a 5-day visit to the two Central Asian republics of Turkmenistan and Kyrghistan.
5/10/1857India's real mutiny begins with the revolt of Sepoys of Meerut near Delhi the next day.
3/22/2000P. Shanmugham sworn in Chief Minister of Pondicherry.
5/15/1873The proposal to dissolve East India Company was passed in England.
11/14/1998Prominent Indian Government and private entities are targeted in the Clinton Administration Entities List. American Companies are barred from trading with the listed companies.
10/4/1997J & K Assembly passed the Ladakh Hill Council Bill.
4/5/1944221 Advance Base Depots laid down their lives to repulse several waves of Japanese attacks and succeeded in safe evacuation of Ordnance stores to an alternate site.
11/14/2000Jharkhand, the 28th State of the Indian Union, comes into being and the new Governor, Prabhat Kumar, and the Chief Minister, Babulal Marandi, take office.
12/16/1992The Parliament adopts resolution condemning the demolition of the mosque at Ayodhya and centre appoints a one-man judicial commission to enquire into the Ayodhya incidents.