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Historical Event on 1/17/1933

Aga Khan, religious leader (Muslims), was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/24/1904Lalchand Hirachand, famous industialist, was born.
6/17/1824Bureau of Indian Affairs established.
12/13/1902Ilachandra Joshi, famous Hindi novelist, story writer, critic and journalist, was born.
6/25/1994Bombay's former underworld don Haji Masthan Mirza passed away.
2/28/1997Finance Minister P. Chidambaram presents an action-packed budget for 1997-98.
3/9/1961Vishnu Sahay was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 15-04-1962.
1/22/1666Shahjahan (Sjihab Al-Din Sultan C Shah D Jahan), great Mughal emperor, died at the Agra fort as a prisoner, to rest besides Mumtaz in Taj Mahal. Jahanara arranged that Sahjahan be laid.
8/29/1947A conference of the Governor General and the two PMs of India and Pakistan with their military commanders to stop communal riots in the Punjab.
8/17/1986In the Jehovah's Witnesses' case, the Supreme Court rules that ""singing National Anthem is not obligatory"".
2/18/1905Shyamji Krishna Varma established India House in London to help Indians visiting England. He also established the Indian Home Rule society, which helped him to raise his voice against British Domination in India.