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Historical Event on 12/17/1715

Banda Bahadur Bairagi surrendered at Gurdaspur of Farrukhsiyar to the Mughal army.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/1/1964Ravishankar University was established at Raipur in Madhya Pradesh.
2/4/1628Shahjahan was enthroned and proclaimed emperor at Agra.
12/28/1995Third Indian Remote Sensing Satellite (IRS-1C), carring advanced remote sensing cameras was launched by Russian Molniya launch vehicle. It is still in service.
10/3/1999India finished with seven silver and four bronze medals in the Asian Junior Athletic Championship in Singapore.
10/14/1996Sukh Ram granted bail.
9/4/1947Gandhiji breaks fast.
1/7/1987Kapil Dev takes his 300th Test wicket. At 28, he was the youngest cricketer to accomplish this feat.
6/12/1997Mihir Sen, long distance swimmer, died.
6/12/1997Genghis Khan, Monghol conqueror, passed away.
11/15/1989Test debut of Sachin Tendulkar and Waqar Yunus at Karachi.