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Historical Event on 11/17/1857
Sir Colin Campbell, British Army Officer, managed to supress Indian Mutiny sepoys at Lucknow.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 2/19/1902 | Pandit Lallu Ram appointed as Hindi Professor at Fort William College, Calcutta. |
| 9/29/1964 | 1,000 people were killed as a reservoir burst. |
| 6/15/1969 | Dr. Darashaw Nosherwan Wadia, great pioneer in Indian Geology and professor in development of geo-scientific research in the country, passed away at New Delhi at the age of 86. |
| 2/10/1916 | Revolutionary Sohanlal Pathak hanged. |
| 1/22/1986 | Indira Gandhi Rajbhasha Awards instituted. |
| 8/18/1979 | Vasantrao Naik, former Chief Minister of Maharashtra, died. |
| 2/12/1871 | Charles Freer Andrews, great social worker, humanitarian, leader and a true friend of India, was born in New-Castle-on-Tyne in U.K. |
| 10/30/1977 | One hundred thousand Tamil Hindu tea-pickers, who were expatriated from Sri Lanka, are shipped to Madras, South India. |
| 7/12/1949 | Dutch KLM Constellation crashes near Bombay, 45 die. |
| 11/13/1901 | Four Language panels were started on Rs. 10/- notes. First time four corner serial numbers were introduced. This panel had Indian languages which varied from state to state. |
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