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Historical Event on 6/17/1824

Bureau of Indian Affairs established.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/9/1942Bibi Amar Kaur, freedom fighter, successfully hoisted the national flag at Jail Gate of Lahore. She was then arrested and send to Ambala Jail.
12/12/1925Dattatreya Gajanan Phadkar alias ""Dattu"" Phadkar, cricketer (pace bowler all-rounder for India), Kolhapur, Maharastra, was born.
12/13/1984The death toll in a toxic gas leak from an insecticide plant in Bhopal, India, now is estimated at 2,100, and tens of thousands of residents fled the city today after it was announced that the Union Carbide plant would be started up again to neutralize the effect.
2/14/1881Rajendra Lal Dutta and M.M.Basu established the first Homoeopathic Medical College and Hospital in Calcutta.
4/12/1967Judge Kailas Nath Wanchoo became the Chief Justice of India. He helded this office till 24/02/1968.
8/2/1993Seven JD (A) rebel MPs admitted to Congress (I).
1/2/1994Landslide win for GNLF in the Darjeeling Gorkha Hill Council elections.
7/25/1997Kocheril Raman Narayanan (K. R. Narayanan) became the 10th President of India.
7/6/1955Marshall Tito and Nehru's joint declaration in Belgrade.
12/11/1992UP acquistion of land in Ayodhya quashed by Allahabad High Court.