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Historical Event on 8/17/1947

The first British troop leaves for England after Indian independence.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/16/1990Bombay gets 42 cm rainfall, the century's highest. The previous high of 41 cm was recorded on 18, 1986.
1/30/1997Mahatma Gandhi's ashes immersed in Sangam.
12/28/1971Nanak Singh, famous novelist and poet, died at Preet Nagar.
12/28/1971Sultan Mahmud of Ghazni passed away in his capital.
1/22/1886Harikrishna Premi, Hindi writer, passed away.
7/7/1946Gandhiji addressed the A.I.C.C. meeting at Bombay; Congress accepted the Cabinet Mission plan of May 16.
11/27/1972Bhutto reports the release of 616 Indian prisoners captured in the Indian-Pakistani dispute at Pakistan.
4/19/1993Sanjay Dutt, film star, was held under TADA for possessing an AK-56 rifle.
3/22/1793Lord Cornwallis promulgated permanent settlement in Bengal and Bihar to fix the revenue amounts once and for all to be paid by the zamindars every year.
4/1/1973India starts a drive to save tigers from extinction.