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Historical Event on 7/17/1974

J.P. Narain leads an agitation for dissolution of the Bihar Assembly.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/3/1818Maratha wars between British & Maratha Confederacy in India ends.
9/19/1996Suresh Mehta ministry is dismissed, President's rule imposed.
9/22/1687Aurangzeb ended Kutubshah kingdom.
7/29/1911Mohan Bagan became the first Indian football team to win the I.F.A. Shield.
12/23/1902Chaudhary Charan Singh was born at Noopur village in Hapur Tehsil near Meerut. He was a freedom fighter and had done many deeds for upliftment of Agriculture in India. He was the Prime Minister of India from July 1979 to January 1980.
9/10/1923Sukumar Roy, famous Bengali child litterateur, passed away.
9/10/1943Satyendra Chandra Bardhan, Vakkom Abdul Khader, Fouja Singh, Boniface Pereira and Anandan were hanged on charges of conspiracy to ""wage war against the King"" under the Ememy Agents Ordinance (which was given retrospective effect) at Madras Jail. They sang Vande Mataram and shouted ""Bharat Mata Ki Jai"" when they were being hanged.
3/24/1995Devchand Somaiyya, famous Table Tennis player, passed away.
8/16/1980Communal riots continue; death toll in Uttar Pradesh City hits 130.
4/3/1984Sikh terrorists kill a member of Parliament in his home in New Delhi.