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Historical Event on 9/17/1929

La Fontaine, Air Chief Marshal D A La Fontaine PVSM and AVSM, VM, was born in Madras.

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1/29/1870'Hicleche Bengal Gazette' newspaper published in India.
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12/21/1788Sindhia arrested Gulam Qadir and killed him.
11/19/1917Indira (Pridarshani) Gandhi, the first Indian Lady Prime Minister, was born at Allahabad. She was the only child of Jawharlal Nehru and took active participation in freedom fight by forming ""Vanar Sena"" (a team of young detectives). She lead India in a successful war against Pakistan to seperate East and West Pakistans and establish the nation of Banglades
7/21/1947Indian Constitution Assembly accepted the tricolour flag as its National Flag. This flag is with three equal horizontal stripes of Saffron (Sacrifice), White (Truth) and Green (Prosperity) and a Chakra is superimposed on white (Dharma Chakra on the capitol of Ashoka's Pillar at Sarnath) in blue colour having 24 spokes. The ratio of the width to length is two to three.
9/20/1857British troops conquered Delhi from the Mutineers.
7/25/1987Ramaswamy Venkataraman became the eighth President of India. He held this office till July 25, 1992.
1/29/1993Test debut of Vinod Kambli, prolific Indian batsman.
9/18/1803Puri was captured by Britishers from the Marathas without any struggle.