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Historical Event on 4/17/1996

Sheila Kaul, H.P. Governor, indicted in house allotment scandal, should be removed from her post, says Supreme Court.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/27/1992The President issues two ordinances making it mandatory for new medical and dental colleges to obtain prior approval of the Medical and Dental Councils of India before their establishment.
10/3/1957Republican Party of India established.
3/10/1922Gandhiji arrested for the first time in Bombay on the charges of sedition at Sabarmati.
3/10/1922Rana Sanga of Mewar, who had built up an extensive and powerful kingdom over the central and western regions of Northern India, passed away. Mughal Emperor Babur captured Chanderi Fort from Medini Rai, Rana Sangram Singh one of the Lieutenants.
3/26/1990Maniben Patel, daughter of Sardar Vallabhai Patel, passed away.
7/1/1965Meerut University was established.
8/7/1990Govt. of India accepts the Mandal Commission's recommendations and decides to reserve 27\% jobs for the backward classes. Violent protests rock parts of Northern India against Mandal Commission.
1/9/1971Muslim leader Sheik Mohammed Abdullah was barred from returning to Kashmir.
8/15/1997K. R. Narayanan, President, posthumously confers nation's highest peace-time gallantry award 'Ashok Chakra' to second Lieutenant Puneet Dutta.
8/15/1997Guru Ramdas, Sikh Guru, was born.