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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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5/6/1993Violence in Orissa state secretariat, CM manhandled.
7/6/1955Marshall Tito and Nehru's joint declaration in Belgrade.
7/3/1972Shimla Non-Arm Agreement on Kashmir signed between Indira Gandhi and Z. A. Bhutto.
6/24/1990President R. Venkataraman issues notification formally constituting an Inter-State Council.
8/11/1961Dadra and Nagar Haweli declared as Union Territory States.
4/1/1995Open General Licence (OGL) list expanded from 43 to 75 as import of consumer goods liberalised.
4/1/1995Muiz ud din Qaiqabad, was the tenth sultan of the Mamluk dynasty (Slave dynasty), was killed in his bed. He was proved to be an inefficient ruler.
2/17/1907Henry Olcott, co-founder (Theosophical Society-Madras), passed away.
10/21/1916Dinkarrai Dhirajlal Desai, cricket Test Umpire for 3 tests from 1955-57, was born in Gujarat.
4/3/1956Nehru announces that troops have been sent to control Naga tribal people in the Burmese border area, who are asking for a separate state.