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Historical Event on 3/17/1957
New Central Cabinet under J. L. Nehru sworn in.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 4/1/1989 | Shridhar Madhav Joshi (S. M. Joshi), great socialist leader, passed away. |
| 11/13/1953 | Richard Nixon, the US Vice President, arrives in New Delhi. |
| 3/21/1966 | Indian Remote Sensing Satellite (IRS-P3) placed into polar orbit. This carries remote sensing payload and an X-ray astronomy payload. Launched by third developmental flight of India's Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-D3) which is for launching 1,000-1,200 kg class of remote sensing satellites into polar sun-synchronous orbit. Still in service. |
| 11/29/1989 | Voters oust Gandhi and Congress party |
| 6/24/1991 | Pranab Mukherjee appointed Dy. Chairman of the Planning Commission. |
| 2/9/1992 | Publication of daily newspaper `Lokpatra' started from Nanded. |
| 8/18/1896 | Raghupati Sahay ""Firaq Gorakhpuri"", revolutionary Urdu poet, was born. He was honoured with the highest literary awards, including the Sahitya Academy Award in 1960 and Bharatiya Gyanpeeth Award in 1969. His notable works include ""Ruh-e-Kayenaat (Spirit of Universe, 1945)"" and ""Ramz-O-Kinayaat (Suggestion, 1946)"". |
| 4/12/1801 | Ranjit Singh proclaimed himself Maharaja of Punjab. |
| 5/29/1933 | Gandhi ends his 21-day fast, his second for the cause of the 'untouchables'. |
| 12/10/1936 | England replaces King Edward VIII stamp series with King George VI. |
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