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Historical Event on 12/17/1740
Chimaji Appa, Peshwa warrior, died.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 6/13/1991 | Shiv Sharma, Doordarshan Director General, was shot at in Delhi by suspected Punjab terrorists. |
| 10/6/1858 | Nanasaheb Peshwa, a revolutionary of first mutiny, died. |
| 10/28/1997 | Cabinet permits RBI to issue rupee notes of 1000 denomination. |
| 8/8/1911 | Following the end of a heavy monsoon, parts of India were hit by a cholera epidemic. |
| 5/25/1954 | Maharshee Rajratna 'Manikrao' (Gajanan Yashwant Manik), physical expert, passed away. |
| 6/29/1993 | 24 jawans were killed in ambush by NSCN militants in Manipur. |
| 6/22/1940 | Netaji Subhashchandra Bose established the 'Forward Block' after differences with Congress leaders. |
| 7/16/1917 | Jagdishchandra Mathur, modern Hindi playwright, was born. |
| 5/18/1974 | Jayaprakash Narayan led a procession against economic conditions in Patna. There was lathi charged and he issued a call for total revolution. He also started the 'Citizens for Democracy' movement. |
| 11/16/1887 | Padmacharan Patnaik, famous Orria poet, was born. |
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