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Historical Event on 2/17/1948

Gorkha Rifles Battalion Group (INDBATT) unit was re-designated as the 5th Battalion the 8th Gorkha Rifles (the Sirmoor Rifles).

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/23/1989V. C. Pande was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 11-12-1990.
5/9/1995Two new gas and oil reserves found off the Gujarat and Bombay coast.
5/17/1993Visiting Israeli Foreign Minister Shimon Peres signs an MOU with his Indian counterpart to end nearly 4 decades of inactivity in bilateral relation.
2/20/1928Abaji Narayan Pednekar, children's story writer, was born.
7/22/1997Govt. issues notification saying that Prasar Bharati Act, 1990 would come into force from Sept. 15.
9/30/2000Gen. S. Padmanabhan takes over as the new Chief of the Army Staff from Gen. V. P. Malik.
12/15/1974Rasulatbai, veteran classical music expert, died.
7/23/1976Hari Chand at Montreal sets record for 10,000m in 28.48.72.
12/29/1959Durgapur Iron Plant inaugurated.
10/15/1990Bharat Ratna, India's highest award, was given to Dr. Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela (b-1918), the South African black nationalist leader who arrived in India on a five-day visit. He is the first non-Asian to get this honour.