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Historical Event on 8/17/1932

V.S. Naipaul, great Indian writer, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/18/1995Criminal Law (Amendment Bill, 1995) introduced in Parliament to replace the 10-year-old controversial TADA Act.
6/5/1984Operation 'Blue Star' was launched by Indira Gandhi. Indian commandos stormed into Sikh's holiest gurudwara Golden Temple in Amritsar to flush out the terrorists and other anti-government elements. Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale and over 325 people were killed in the temple. Thus a great rebel arose all over the nation and specially in Punjab.
12/6/1990VHP-sponsored 'karseva' in Ayodhya passes off peacefully.
7/8/1991L.K. Advani recognised as the leader of the Opposition of BJP in the 10th Lok Sabha.
2/3/1928Chandrasekhar Vaman Gadkari, cricketer (Indian batsman in 6 Tests 1953-55), was born at Pune.
1/18/1998India overtake a Pakistan total of 314 to win one-day final in Dhaka.
6/30/1993AN-12 phasing out marked the end of a glorious chapter of transport operations in the IAF.
4/21/1995Medium range 'Akash', surface-to-air-missile, flight trial successful.
1/27/1967Delimitation Agreement for Warfare in space was signed by 60 nations in United Nation.
3/1/1971General Election ( 5th) of India begins.