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Historical Event on 1/17/1771

Govind Patwardhan Mirajkar, first Rao of Peshwai, passed away.

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1/18/1971Barrister Nath Pai, freedom fighter and member of parliament, passed away at the age of 49.
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7/12/1998India will not reverse the nuclear programme, declared Mr. Vajpayee.
3/9/1974Guru Amudan Sharma, famous Manipuri dance master, passed away.
12/7/1998A. B. Vajpayee questions Pakistan's decision to hand over part of occupied Kashmir to China and says the area belongs to India.
1/2/1757After the Battle of Plassey, Clive, Britisher, defeated Siraj-ud-Daulah, Mir Jafar, Nawab of Bengal and re-captured Calcutta, after it had been seized by the Nawab of Bengal who had used the ""Black Hole"" to imprison British captives.
8/12/1905Japan, Britain reach an accord determining spheres of influence in Far East; India to remain with the British.
9/8/1951The office of Controller of Military Accounts (Pensions) was re-designated as CDA(P), Allahabad.
2/7/1687Mughal army won the Gowalkonda fort. Kutubshahi came to end.
8/9/1942Subhash Chandra Bose (Netaji) forms the Indian National Army in Malaya with the help of the Japanese. He inaugurates the Government of Free India at Singapore.