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Historical Event on 2/17/1618
First English Ambassador Sir Thomas Roe returned to England after meeting Emperor Jahangir in his court.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 8/12/1992 | 72 militants surrendered before Punjab CM Beant Singh. |
| 8/21/1997 | Government extends the provision of the payment of Gratuity Act, 1972 to all those societies and trusts which employed 10 or more people. |
| 1/26/1960 | More medals for armed forces were instituted including the Vishisht Seva Medal (in the classes), Sainya Seva Medal, Videsh Seva Medal and Sena, Nao Sena and Vayu Sena Medals. |
| 10/17/1979 | Mother Teresa, social worker, awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. |
| 6/1/1995 | Kanshi Ram (Bahujan Samaj Party) withdraws support to the Mulayam Singh Yadav-led government in UP and stakes claim to form a new government. |
| 6/26/1888 | Narayan Shripad Rajhans (Balgandharv), famous singer and actor, was born. |
| 6/8/1906 | Syed Nazir Ali, cricketer (bro of Wazir Ali, India's 1st Test 1932), born at Jullunder. |
| 7/13/1930 | Swarup Kishan Reu, cricket test umpire for 17 tests from 1978-85, was born in Delhi and was honoured by Padmashree in 1986. He joins the record of umpiring most Tests for India. |
| 3/11/1915 | Vijay Samuel Hazare, cricketer (prolific Indian batsman 1946-54), was born in Sangli, Maharashtra. |
| 1/19/2000 | M.A. Chidambaram (81), leading industrialist and chairman of the MAC Group, died in Chennai. |
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