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Historical Event on 8/17/1944
Indian Viceroy Viscount Wavell rejects Gandhi's request to discuss war support in return for Indian independence.
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| 3/7/1974 | T. T. Krishnamachari, former Finance Minister, passed away. |
| 2/6/1985 | Vikram Kumar, Soccer(Football) player, was born. |
| 2/11/1847 | Thomas Alva Edison, great scientist and inventor of electric light lamp, was born at Milan, Ohio. |
| 2/19/1993 | SC Jamir elected leader of the Congress (I) Legislature Party in Nagaland. |
| 2/25/1992 | Beant Singh sworn in as CM of Punjab. |
| 7/19/1938 | Jayant Vishnu Narlikar, great Indian space scientist and mathematician, was born at Kolhapur, Maharashtra. |
| 10/29/1990 | Vinod Mehra, famous Hindi film actor, died. |
| 1/31/1985 | Under the 52nd Constitutional Amendment, Anti-Defector Bill was passed unanimously in Lok Sabha. This avoided the Representatives of People to switch over political parties. |
| 3/20/2000 | Unidentified militants gun down 35 Sikhs in the south Kashmir village of Chatti Singhpora in one of the worst incidents of violence in the State. |
| 6/23/1935 | Ram Kolarkar, famous marathi author and editor, was born. |
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