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Historical Event on 1/17/1601
Akbar, after eight month's siege, entered Asirgarh one of the strongest forts in India.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 3/24/1946 | British Cabinet Mission came to India presided by Lord Pethick Lawrence. |
| 1/26/1957 | Shivlal Nandlal Yadav, cricketer (Indian off-spinner 102 Test wickets 1979-87), was born in Hyderabad. |
| 10/24/1991 | Ismat Chugtai, famous Urdu author, social worker and campaigner for justice for women, died at the age of 80 years. |
| 11/18/1978 | Dhirendra Ganguly, film maker, writer, director and actor, passed away. |
| 2/9/1951 | The first census of free India of enumeration work was started. |
| 8/8/1990 | Violent protests rock Bihar against Mandal Commission Report implementation. |
| 2/25/1993 | Kranti Renadev, a naxalite under trial in Andhra, freed. |
| 3/25/1928 | S. R. Kulkarni, leader of dock workers, was born. |
| 7/9/1951 | India's first Five Year Plan prepared and published. There was the first amendment to the Constitution and the first general elections were held. |
| 7/19/1998 | The INSAT-2C satellite suffers ``disorientation'' - loss of earth lock - briefly. |
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