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Historical Event on 3/17/1798

Rani Shiromani anounced to attack the British Army.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/23/1938Viceroy Lord Linlithgow opens the hydro-electric scheme at Malakand.
9/10/1976An Indian Airlines Boeing 737 aeroplane was hijacked for the second time and taken to Lahore, Pakistan.
3/24/1995Devchand Somaiyya, famous Table Tennis player, passed away.
4/2/1679Aurangzeb reimposed Jizya Tax to finance the spread of Islam on the Hindus.This Jeziya tax was abolished by Akbar.
1/19/1905Maharshi Devendranath Tagore, Bengali writer and thinker, passed away.
4/14/1950Sri Raman Maharshi, modern south Indian saint, passed away .
8/5/1992The Supreme Court appoints a 3-member panel to visit Ayodhya and report on the new structures there.
8/15/1947Lord Louis Mountbatten took charge as the first British Governor General of Indian Union and occupied this office till June 20, 1948.
1/18/1997Khanna Committee recommends more power to RBI over non-banking financial companies.
10/25/2000The BJP Legislature Party in UP elects Rajnath Singh its leader.