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Historical Event on 4/17/1977

Swatantra Party was merged in Janata Party.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/30/1990Admiral Laxmi Narayan Ramdas takes over as Chief of Naval Staff.
6/15/1990Punjab Government returned gold and other valuables seized from Golden Temple during the 1984 Blue Star operation to SGPC.
1/18/1947Kundanlal Saigal, famous film star and unique singer, died at Jalandhar.
6/27/2000Maneka Gandhi, Union Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment, launches National Initiative for child protection of which childline is an integral part.
12/28/1931The second round of a British-Indian conference on the political future of India collapsed in disagreement over demands by Indian nationalists for complete independence. The British government had seemed willing to grant a limited dominion status. But Mahatma Gandhi, who had come to the conference to present the demands of the All-India Nationalist Congress, refused to accept anything less than complete independence. The breakdown of the talks set off a new round of disorders, Gandhi was greeted by rioting in the streets of Bombay between upper-caste Hindu members of the Congress party and ""untouchable"" caste members who had turned against him.
7/19/1974Udham Singh's, revolutionary, ashes brought to Delhi from London.
6/26/1995Madhya Pradesh declared ""Tiger State"" as it homes one sixth of the world's tiger population.
4/13/1919Jallianwala Baug massacre. The great Indian tragedy occured in Amritsar which claimed 389 lives and wounded 1,516 activitists fighting for Indian independence. Early in 1919, the Rowlatt Act (Black Act) was passed. This authorized the Government to imprison any person without any trial and conviction in a court of law. This furious act was under the guidence of cruel Brigedier General R. E. H. Dyer and his 50 men troop. Michael O' Dwyer was then the Governor of Punjab who naturally defended the action. This day is observed as Jallianwala Baug Day.
8/25/1963Allama Mashriqi, Muslim leader, passed away.
7/6/2000India, Nepal sign agreement to set up a specialist joint unit to counter terrorism and share information about criminals operating along the border.