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Historical Event on 5/17/1775
Marathas were badly mauled in the battle of Arras by Col. Keating in the first Anglo - Maratha war.
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| 8/26/1949 | Social Democratic Party led by K. T. Shah formed. |
| 8/10/1986 | Gen. A.S. Vaidya, who was Chief of Army Staff, at the time of 'Operation Blue Star', was shot dead at Pune. |
| 12/28/1926 | Shirish Kumar, freedom figher, was born. |
| 8/9/1892 | Shri Shiyali Ramamrita Ranganathan, prolific author and first librarian of the University of Madras, was born. |
| 9/17/1934 | Gandhiji announced his decision to retire from politics from October one to engage himself in the development of village industries, Harijan service and education through basic crafts. |
| 6/4/1932 | Mahendranath Gupt, follower of Ramkrishna Paramhans, passed away. |
| 10/10/1954 | First 'President Award' was awarded to film 'Shyamchi Aai'. |
| 1/31/2000 | All seven accused in the Jain hawala case discharged. |
| 8/15/1997 | The Government bans doctors from determining the sex of the foetus. |
| 3/19/1848 | Lokhitwadi started his column 'Shatpatra' in the newspaper named 'Prabhakar'. |
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