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Historical Event on 1/17/1952

The pension work of CDA (Factories), Calcutta and the Defence civilians in ordnance factories was transferred to the office of the CDA (P), Allahabad.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/14/1994The first Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Centenary Award for Excellence in Biomedical Research, instituted by ICMR in 1991-92, was announced in 1994 (Dr. G. Padamanabhan, Director, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, is the first recipient of this Award).
6/24/1961Indian Manufactured Supersonic fighter HF24 flew took to air for the first time.
12/14/1969Bishen Bedi takes 7-98 (career-best) v Australia at Calcutta.
9/29/2000Tata Ramachandra Prasad to be the next Cabinet Secretary.
10/17/1999Dingko Singh won the bantam weight gold while Services' Ramanand was adjudged the best boxer in the National Boxing championship which concluded in Shimla.
9/11/1948Indian Government troops enter in the Hyderabad State.
9/1/1999Mr. Justice Arijit Pasayat, appointed Chief Justice of the Kerala High Court.
9/30/1996Phase I assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh.
4/16/1959Raurkela Iron Project's first furnace started functioning.
9/2/1996Grandmaster Viswanathan Anand beats Garry Kasparov in Rapid Chess tournament in Geneva.