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Historical Event on 8/17/1780

Indian Governor General Warren Hastings duel with Francis to settle personal and official quarrels. Francis was wounded but survived.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/22/1999Balayogi is elected as Speaker of the Lok Sabha for second consecutive term.
12/5/199156 JD MLA's belonging to V.P. Singh faction elect a new leader in UP.
4/27/2000Arun Bharat Ram takes over as the president of the Confederation of Indian Industry.
3/30/1997Congress Party withdraws support to the 10-month old H. D. Deve Gowda Government at the centre, and stakes its claim to form an alternative government.
4/10/1875Swami Dayanand Saraswati established the Arya Samaj at Bombay and in 1877 in Lahore.
10/30/1992India and China decide to continue peace measures and open more points for border trade.
6/23/1997Communication equipment worth several crores destroyed and Chennai's land and mobile telephone networks thrown out of gear in a fire at Anna Road telephone exchange.
3/29/1990Adoor Bhasi, Malayalam film actor, passed away.
7/18/1998The Maharashtra Government bans the controversial Marathi play on Nathuram Godse, assassin of Mahatma Gandhi. It was produced by Mr. Udhay Dhurat.
11/11/1866Patthe Bapurao (Shridhar Krishna Kulkarni), famous poet Shahir, was born.