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Historical Event on 3/17/1957
New Central Cabinet under J. L. Nehru sworn in.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 4/18/1612 | Khurram prince was married to Arjumand Banu Begum. |
| 6/1/1996 | Neelam Sanjiva Reddy, former President of India, passed away. |
| 3/1/1909 | First Indian Iron Company 'Tata Iron and Steel' established. |
| 2/13/1997 | Deve Gowda, PM, dedicates the Rs. 3200-crore 480 MW Uri hydel project in north Kashmir to the nation. |
| 3/18/1953 | Backward Classes Commission inaugurated. |
| 12/12/1959 | Dwight D. Eisenhower, American President, came to India. |
| 11/18/1898 | Prabodhchandra Bagchi, researcher of ""Ancient History of India"", was born. |
| 2/23/1962 | The Cholera Research Centre was established at Calcutta (renamed as the National Institute of Cholera & Enteric Diseases in 1979). |
| 2/2/1989 | France's highest civilian award, 'Legion d' Honour, conferred upon Satyajit Ray by President Mitterrand at Calcutta. |
| 4/29/1924 | Purushottam Ramchandra Behr, famous writer and Editor of Marathi literature, was born. |
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