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Historical Event on 3/17/1959
Dalai Lama XIV flees from Tibet after Chinese military occupied Tibet.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 3/17/1959 | Mughals, under the leadership of Akbar, defeated Hindu ruler Hemu in the second battle of Panipat. |
| 8/13/1988 | Gajanan Jagirdar, great actor and director in Indian film industry, died. |
| 8/21/1991 | Gopinath Mahant, famous Odissi litterateur and Gyanpeeth awardee, died. |
| 4/11/1942 | All-India Congress party rejects British offer of dominion status at New Delhi. |
| 5/6/1775 | Nanda Kumar, king of Calcutta, was arrested. |
| 4/26/1999 | India's Atanu Lahiri and Bhagyashree Thipsay won the men's and women's titles respectively in the Commonwealth chess championship in Bikaner. |
| 2/11/1906 | Daily Tribune' started its printing from Lahore. |
| 2/1/1971 | Ajaysingh Jadeja, cricketer (Indian opening batsman), was born in Jamnagar. |
| 2/24/1957 | General Election ( 2nd) of India begins. |
| 6/17/1824 | Bureau of Indian Affairs established. |
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