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Historical Event on 1/17/1908
Akkineni Lakshmi Varaprasada Rao Prasad, film producer, was born.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 8/22/2000 | Parliament okays two Constitutional Amendment Bills restoring relaxations in marks for promotion in government jobs to SC/STs and exempting Arunachal from reservation for SCs. |
| 11/1/2000 | T. R. Prasad was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He holds this office till date. |
| 2/24/1988 | Prithvi, India's first Indigenously designed surface-to-surface tactical missile of 250km, was successfully test fired from Sriharikota. India becomes the fifth country to develop such a missile. |
| 4/16/1918 | Lalita Pawar, famous actress of Indian film industry, was born. |
| 3/22/1997 | Deshabhimani daily, official organ of CPI (M), launches its 5th edition from Kottayam, Kerala. |
| 4/12/1871 | Gangadhar Balkrishna Deshpande, editor in modern era and dictionary creator, was born. |
| 9/9/1941 | Syed Abid Ali, great Indian medium pace-bowler and all-rounder, was born at Hyderabad. |
| 10/31/1966 | Mihir Sen swam Panama Canal in 34 hours 15 minutes. |
| 6/18/1901 | Ramchandra Bhikaji Gunjikar, Marathi novelist and editor, passed away. |
| 3/30/1929 | Weekly postal service across 5,000-miles by aeroplane started between England and India serving India, Egypt, Palestine and Iraq in London. |
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