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Historical Event on 8/17/1916

Amritlal Naagar was born.

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5/18/1772Janoji Bhosle, warrior in Peshwa kingdom, passed away.
2/26/1858Diwan Maniram and Piali Barua were hanged. (Grandson of Purandara Simha, the last Ahom king of Assam).
12/16/1770Ludwig Van Beethoven, greatest musician, poet and innovator, was born.
10/13/1989Panchayati Raj and Nagarpalika Bills defeated in Rajya Sabha.
1/10/1980President Neelam Sanjiva Reddy invited Indira Gandhi to form Government.
5/25/1941Sagarmal Gopa, a devoted patriot and freedom fighter, was arrested in Jaisalmer. He wrote two books ""Jaisalmer Rajya ka Gunda Shasan"" and ""Raghunath Singh Ka Mukadma"" for which he was prohibited to enter in Jaisalmer.
3/13/1947Lord Louis Mountbatten took charge as Viceroy of British India. He ruled upto 14th August, 1947.
12/22/1999The Government says there is no hidden agenda behind the US lifting of curbs.
1/29/1997Supreme Court rules that water is a 'mineral'.
12/23/2000The Centre gives a green signal to West Bengal Government's proposal to rename Calcutta as ''Kolkata''.