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Historical Event on 5/17/1949

India decided with only one dissent vote to remain within the Commonwealth of Nations.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/1/1952Olympic Games open at Helsinki.
2/14/1658Dara Sulaiman Shukoh was defeated in the struggle for Delhi throne Shuja's in the battle of Bahadurpur near Varanasi.
4/5/1987The centenary of Bombay Fire Brigade was celebrated. (CIVIC).
2/28/1930Strike by workers of the Nizam state railways over bonus.
2/26/1976V. S. Khandekar was honoured by Bhartiya Gyanpeeth Award for the novel 'Yayati'.
4/3/1994S.Bangarappa, former CM, launches his Karnataka Congress Party.
10/10/1906Narayan Rasipuram Krishnaswamy, great Indian writer, was born.
8/18/1700Bajirao I, the second peshwa, was born.
2/18/1931Swraj Paul, Indian and British industrialist and multi-millionaire (Caparo), was born.
12/12/1930Babu Genu sacrificed his life to stage the boycott of foreign goods.