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Historical Event on 11/17/1947

Rajendra Prasad elected the President of Indian National Congress.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/1/1962Establishment of Maharashtra State Industrial Development Corporation.
11/12/1969Indira Gandhi, who was expelled from Congress for indiscipline during President elections, made a large split and formed her own Congress Party with Jagjivan Ram as President. The party is recognised as Congress (I).
9/18/1909Kilachand Ramdas, famous merchant, was born.
12/31/1966Bishen Singh Bedi made his Test Cricket debut vs West Indies at Calcutta.
7/7/1763Britishers declared Mir Jafer as Nawab of Bengal.
4/7/1998Soli Sorabjee is appointed Attorney-General of India.
11/21/1991R. Nagarajan, former Tamil Nadu Home Secretary, arrested for harbouring LTTE militants.
9/5/1998University and college teachers affiliated to the All-India Federation of University and College Teachers Organisations call off their nation-wide strike.
1/18/1994Narasimha Rao decides to retain Veerappa Moily as Karnataka CM.
1/26/1931Gandhiji was unconditionally released from prison.