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Historical Event on 10/17/1996
President's rule reimposed in U.P.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 3/27/1977 | N. Sanjeeva Reddy elected Speaker of the Lok Sabha. |
| 4/20/1973 | Rioting over food shortages ends after three days in Nagpur. |
| 4/20/1973 | Amir Timur left Delhi. He took the title 'Emperor of India' and recrossed the Indus on March 11. |
| 8/15/1947 | At the stroke of midnight, India is free after 163 years of British Raj. At the same time Muslims win a degree of freedom from Hindus. They have their own separate dominion Pakistan in the British Commonwealth Sect. |
| 10/1/1953 | The first new state in India since 1949, Andhra Pradesh, is established on purely linguistic basis and formally inaugurated. This state was created by sub-dividing state of India, Madras Province and this movement was started by Shriramulu for which he had to sacrifice his life. |
| 3/30/1929 | Weekly postal service across 5,000-miles by aeroplane started between England and India serving India, Egypt, Palestine and Iraq in London. |
| 5/3/1896 | Vengalil Krishnan Krishna Menon, great nationalist, lawyer, freedom fighter, barrister and member of the Rajya Sabha, was born at Panniyankara in Calicut, Kerala. |
| 4/17/1977 | Swatantra Party was merged in Janata Party. |
| 11/11/1996 | A.P. cyclone toll may cross 2,500. |
| 1/29/1976 | Parliament approves permanent government and censorship of newspapers at New Delhi. |
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