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Historical Event on 8/17/1997
I K Gujral, Prime Minister, said that Queen Elizabeth should not go to Amritsar, scene of Jallianwalla Bagh massacre, during her visit to India in October.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 4/4/1910 | Sri Aurobindo left politics and reached Pondicherry, where he made the seat of Yoga. |
| 3/11/1795 | Battle at Kurdla India, Mahratten beat Mughals. |
| 12/11/1872 | Rajkhova Benudhar, modern Assamese poet, was born. |
| 9/20/1942 | Kanak Lata Barua, a yound child who tried to host the national flag at Goupur police station in Assam with the help of 500 people, was shot by the police station incharge. |
| 9/3/1997 | Anjan (Lalji Pandey), well known lyricist and noted poet, died. |
| 4/12/1992 | M. Basavapunniah (77),Communist leader, passed away. |
| 1/18/1938 | The last batch of the political prisioners sailed back to the mainland from the Cellular Jail. |
| 2/23/1952 | Employees Provident Fund Bill and Miscellaneous Provision Act passed in the Lok Sabha. |
| 8/15/1985 | Accord reached on the Assam foreign nationals issue, agitation called off. |
| 3/29/1954 | Indian Institute of Public Administration inaugurated. |
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