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Historical Event on 3/17/1995
Congress-I in Arunachal Pradesh wins two-third majority.

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6/10/1833	Azad Muhammad Jussain, Urdu poet and educationalist, was born.
2/15/1951	Stephen H. Smith, father and pioneer of Indian Aero Philately or air borne mail, passed away.
10/28/1984	Federal agents early this morning caught Guru Shree Rajneesh trying to flee the country. Rajneesh was charged with violating immigration laws and arranging phoney marriages for his cult members. The religious leader was nabbed at Charlotte, North Carolina airport when his jet, bound for Bermuda, touched down for re-fueling. The Bhagwan ran a commune of about 1,500 people in Oregon. Thousands more cult members live in Rajneesh's native land India and other countries. He knew the federal government had no faith in him after his chief adviser, a woman named Ma Anand Sheela, was arrested in West Germany for several minor offenses. Rajneesh appeared in court on this date clad in a lavender robe.
11/29/1644	The Massachusetts General Court issued a call for local pastors to learn the dialects of neighboring Indian tribes as an aid toward converting them to the Christian faith.
1/8/1968	The Official Languages Act, 1963 was amended. Accordingly, a provision was made in Section 3 (4) of the Act of the effect that employees of the Union Government proficient either in Hindi or in English may carry out their work effectively and that their interests may no be adversely affected merely because they are not proficient in both the languages. According to Section 3 (5), it is necessary for bringing to an end the use of English language for the Official purposes of the union that resolutions to this effect are passed by the legislatures of the states (i.e. states where Hindi is not the Official Language) and after considring these resolutions, a resolution is passed by both the houses of the Parliament to put an end to the use of English language.
5/23/1967	South Gujrat University was established.
12/27/1936	Golden Jublee Session of Indian National Congress, under the presidentship of Jawaharlal Nehru, held at Faizpur urging India to strike at British imperialism.
1/26/1993	Sub Lt. Rubi Singh of the Navy becomes the first woman in India to lead an armed force contingent in the Republic Day parade at New Delhi; British PM John Major attends as the first ever British head of Government as Chief Guest.
1/14/1998	The Prime Ministers of India, Pakistan and Bangladesh come together for a three-nation business summit in Dhaka.
5/1/1897	Vivekananda Swami established Ramakrishna Mission.

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Historical Event on 3/17/1995 Congress-I in Arunachal Pradesh wins two-third majority.

Historical Event on 3/17/1995
Congress-I in Arunachal Pradesh wins two-third majority.