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Historical Event on 12/17/1740
Chimaji Appa, Peshwa warrior, died.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 12/17/1740 | Pedro Cabral departs from Pourtugol with 13 ships to India. |
| 12/17/1740 | Babur reached to his capital Agra after winning Bengal. |
| 5/21/1984 | Army moves in after 114 die in religious strife at Bomay. |
| 3/17/1994 | Wali Mohammad Itto, former Speaker of J&K Assembly shot dead by militants. |
| 10/14/1999 | Sheikh Shamim, an Indian, is hanged for espionage in Pakistan. |
| 6/17/1991 | Prabhakar Machve, famous litterateur, passed away. |
| 11/5/1870 | Chittaranjan Das, freedom fighter, famous lawyer and orator, was born at Calcutta. |
| 8/27/1978 | Lord Mountbatten died in an explosion near Ireland. |
| 6/1/1997 | New postal rates effective; post card-25 p, inland letter-Re.1, envelope-Rs.2 and Registration-Rs.10. |
| 6/30/1993 | AN-12 phasing out marked the end of a glorious chapter of transport operations in the IAF. |
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