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Historical Event on 7/17/1948

Govt. announced that all discriminations against women in matter of employment will be done away with and in future, women will be eligible for any public service including administrative sevice and police service.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/3/1961Gold Bond scheme was started to boost Indian economy after Indo-China war.
6/8/2000Bomb blasts rock churches in three states (A.P, Karnataka and Goa).
10/21/1990Doordarshan starts afternoon news bulletins at 2 p.m. (Hindi) and 3 p.m. (English) of 7.5 minutes duration on week days and 5 minutes on Sundays.
12/24/1984Eigth General Elections of India began .
10/14/199210 Indians sentenced to six years in jail in the UAE on account of staging a play in Sharjah.
5/19/1908Manik Bandopadhyay, modern Bengali novelist and story-writer, was born.
9/4/1880Bhupendranath Dutt, Bengali litterateur and politician, was born.
2/24/1996Naresh Chandra appointed India's ambassador to USA.
5/18/1901Nibaran Chandra Chakrabarti, great poet and Hindi writer, was born in Brahmangaon, (Dacca).
5/23/1914The British India Steamship Co. and the Peninsular and Oriental Steamship Co. announced their amalgamation at London.