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Historical Event on 12/17/1830
Simon Bolivar, great dynamic leader and social reformer, died.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 6/6/1947 | Gandhiji writes to Mountbatten, with Pakistan conceded, to persuade Jinnah to amicable settle all outstanding points with Congress. |
| 2/13/1994 | Troops moved to Uttar Pradesh to quell caste violence. |
| 1/15/1973 | Air Chief Marshal Pratap Chandra Lal, Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan, DFC. retired as the Air Officer Commanding, India Command. |
| 1/10/1908 | Gandhiji adopts word, ""Satyagraha"" in place of ""Passive Resistance"". Sentenced to two months' imprisonment for failure to leave Transvaal. |
| 3/1/1909 | First Indian Iron Company 'Tata Iron and Steel' established. |
| 9/29/1930 | Ramnath Baburao Kenny, cricketer (batted in 5 Tests for India in 1950's), was born in Bombay. |
| 6/25/1996 | Sunderlal Bahuguna, noted environmentalist, ends 74-day repentance fast at Rajghat following assurance from PM Deve Gowda. |
| 8/2/1984 | 32 people died in a bomb explosion at Meenambakkam Airport. |
| 8/2/1984 | The first visit of Jesuit Priest of Goa in the Court of Emperor Akbar at Fatehpur Sikri. |
| 12/28/1926 | Imperial Airways begins England-India mail & passenger service. |
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