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Historical Event on 3/17/1995

Congress-I in Arunachal Pradesh wins two-third majority.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/30/1998Sonia Gandhi names Ashok Ghelot and Sheila Dixit as Chief Ministers of Rajasthan and Delhi respectively.
5/25/1886Rash Behari Basu, great revolutionary, freedom fighter, social reformer and leader, was born at Palara Bighati village, West Bengal.
12/27/1926Imperial Airways announces the first scheduled air service to India from New Year in UK.
11/17/1932The Third Round Table Conference began in London. It was not attended by the Congress as the real Indian participation in the making of the constitution was negligible. Since Gandhi was in prison because of his civil disobedience movement he could not attend it either. This conference ended on 24th November 1932 without achieving anything.
12/24/1999Indian Airlines Kathmandu-Delhi Airbus 300 with 186 people on board hijacked shortly after take-off.
1/12/2000T. S. Krishna Murthy is appointed Election Commissioner in place of G.V.G. Krishnamoorthy who retired.
6/14/1961Sir Karyamanikkam Shrinivas Krishnan died.
3/20/1782Colonel James Tod, author and researcher of Rajput history, was born.
1/18/1969Prajapita Brahma, great social reformer and freedom fighter, passed away.
1/6/1932Kamleshwar, famous Hindi writer, was born.