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Historical Event on 9/17/1937

Sitakant Mahapatra, 1933 Gyanpeeth awardee and famous Orria poet, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/2/1935The British pass Govt. of India Act, separating Burma, Aden from India.
2/3/1977Government relaxes rules of Emergency to permit normal political activity and electioneering.
4/12/1871Gangadhar Balkrishna Deshpande, editor in modern era and dictionary creator, was born.
4/8/1925Kumar Gandharva (Shivputra Siddharamaiya Komkali), famous music director and singer, was born.
6/23/1994Two Britishers held hostage by terrorists in Kashmir for 17 days were set free.
8/26/1997Commander of Uri sector Brigadier Jasbir Singh Lidder and another senior army officer have a narrow escape as Pakistani troops fire on their cavalcade at Chakori near LOC in J&K.
1/10/1920India became member of League of Nations.
5/6/1775Nanda Kumar, king of Calcutta, was arrested.
6/14/1990Veerendra Verma sworn in as the new Governor of Punjab and Administrator of Chandigarh.
8/15/1947The Defence department becomes the Ministry of Defence under a Cabinet Minister. Each service was placed under its own Commander-in-Chief. Under the Constitution, the supreme command of the Armed Forces was vested with the President.