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Historical Event on 7/17/1948
Govt. announced that all discriminations against women in matter of employment will be done away with and in future, women will be eligible for any public service including administrative sevice and police service.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 7/28/1909 | Brahmanand Reddi Kasu, politician, was born at Madras. |
| 9/6/1995 | New broad gauge train ""Palace on Wheels"" started between Delhi, Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan. |
| 11/30/1994 | Mrinalini Desai, freedom fighter and famous litterateur, died. |
| 4/5/1940 | Charles Freer Andrews, a Christian Missionary, died in Calcutta. He is also referred as ""Deenabandhu Andrews"". |
| 2/15/1869 | Mirza ""Galib"" Asad Ullah Beg Khan, famous Urdu poet and writer, passed away. |
| 1/27/1995 | K.V. Krishna Rao, J&K Governor, gets another term. |
| 10/23/1970 | If India's ""vasectomy fairs"" had hawkers, they might cry, ""Come one, come all & all one billion."" India faces a population of one billion by the year 2000. To hold down that number, the government offered money ($13 to each man) and gifts (a sari for his wife) to those willing to be sterilized. Thirteen dollars was more than three times what an average village worker can earn in one month. In December, a fair held at Kerala attracted 15,000 men. Just seven months later, a fair in the same town received 63,000. Doctors operated in ten-hour |
| 9/24/1777 | Sarfoji Bhosle, king of Tanjawar, was born. |
| 8/22/1915 | Shambhu Mishra, Bengali actor, director and playwright, was born. |
| 6/3/1818 | Maratha wars between British & Maratha Confederacy in India ends. |
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