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Historical Event on 3/17/1943
Indian troops retreat from Rathedaung to Buthidaung in the face of a renewed Japanese offensive on the Arakan front in Burma.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 2/23/1998 | Raman Lamba, former Indian Test cricketer, passed away in Dhaka, three days after being hit on the head while close-in fielding. |
| 4/3/1857 | Queen Victoria declared as Queen of India also. |
| 9/8/1952 | The Copyright bill was signed during the first world convention by 35 nations including India at Geneva. |
| 8/4/1933 | Gandhi is imprisoned for one year for breaking a restraint order. |
| 3/21/1997 | Geet Sethi regains Gold Flake Open billiards in Chennai. |
| 4/21/1994 | Malayalam sweeps national film awards. Mammootty, Shobhana best actor and actress; T.V. Chandran best director; Buddadeb Das Gupta's Bengali 'Charachar' adjudged best film. |
| 9/20/1878 | Hindu"", an English weekly in Madras with G. S. Aiyer as its Editor, was first published with only 80 copies. |
| 3/21/2000 | The 10,000 bond scheme for short-term visitors to the UK will not be applied to India, Pakistan and Bangladesh, said British Minister of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs Keith Vaz. |
| 3/1/1990 | BJP swept to power in Madhya Pradesh and Himachal Pradesh, shares power with JD in Gujarat and Rajasthan. |
| 4/6/1990 | Bhalchandra Tryambak Randive, senior Marxist leader and founder President of WTU, died. |
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