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Historical Event on 9/17/1899
First British troops leave Bombay for South Africa.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 5/1/1992 | Seperate secretariat was established for primary education. |
| 5/18/1999 | R. B. Sapre, India's first national chess champion, died in Mumbai. |
| 7/27/1910 | Bande Ali Khan, great singer of `Beenkar' and `Kirana Gharana', passed away. |
| 4/29/1998 | The Reserve Bank reduces the bank rate by one point from 10 per cent in its monetary and credit policy for the first half of 1998- 99. |
| 1/8/2000 | The Government reconstitutes the Indira Gandhi National Centre for Arts and Trust and retains Mrs. Sonia Gandhi as a trustee along with Mr. P. V. Narasimha Rao, Prof. Yashpal and Dr. Abid Hussain. |
| 12/14/1955 | Henry Heras, famous artist and an active member of the Indian Historical Records Commission, died in Bombay. |
| 6/16/1946 | C. Rajagopalchari became the Governor of West Bengal (1947) in Interim Government. |
| 2/9/1985 | Editor of 'Sakal', a Marathi daily newspaper, passed away. |
| 1/1/1989 | Dinkar Sakrikar, editor of monthly magzine 'Purva' and socialist, passed away. |
| 1/3/1987 | Dr. Harekrishna Mehtab, former Chief Minister of Orrisa and Governer of Mumbai State, died. |
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