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Historical Event on 8/17/1992
20 members of the Janata Dal led by Ajit Singh break away from the parent body seeking separate seats in the Lok Sabha.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 12/12/1964 | HJT-16, the first Indian jet trainer, made its inaugural flight. |
| 7/1/1962 | Dr. Bidhan Chandra Roy, great leader, veteran nationalist, politician, professor, physician and architect, passed away. |
| 11/15/1913 | Ravindranath Tagore (1861-1941), received the message that he was awarded with Noble Prize in literature for his collection of poems ""Gitanjali"" . He was the first Indian to be awarded with Nobel Prize. (13 or 15) |
| 7/31/1997 | V. Thangapandian (64), Tamil Nadu Commercial Taxes Minister, died at Rajapalayam in Virudhunagar district. |
| 5/5/1992 | Prithvi, India's medium range surface-to-surface missile, successfully launched. |
| 3/16/1946 | India calls Attlee's independence offer contradictory, 'a propaganda move'. |
| 7/30/1886 | Dr. S.Muthulakshmi Reddi, first women M.A.L.A.S, was born. |
| 12/11/1971 | The elite para-commandos and parachute battalions -India's 'Red Devils', as they are affectionately called, have an unsurpassed ethos and elan of their own. 2 Para Battalion executed a superb airborne assault operation at Tangail in East Pakistan, which was the first of its kind in the subcontinent. |
| 8/13/1795 | Ahilyabai Holkar passed away at the age of 70. |
| 3/31/1930 | Shyamji Krishna Varma, freedom fighter, nationalist and patriot, passed away in Geneva. |
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