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Historical Event on 5/17/1949
India decided with only one dissent vote to remain within the Commonwealth of Nations.

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8/26/1914	Bengali revolutionaries looted 46,000 bullet ammunition and pistols from Calcutta Port for their revolutionary activities.
5/8/1933	Gandhi starts hunger strike to protest the British repression of untouchables.
5/13/1916	Vasudev Mahadev Salgaonkar, great Industrialist, was born.
4/20/1954	Panchsheel agreement between China and India.
2/15/1992	Sain Swami Gangeshwaranandji, chief of `Udasin Sampraday', passed away.
9/18/1993	Asit Sen, famous comedy actor and character artist, died.
4/20/1973	Rioting over food shortages ends after three days in Nagpur.
8/3/1984	Bomb attack at Madras airport claims 32 lives.
12/7/1992	Religious riots swept across India in the wake of the destruction of the ancient Babri Masjid mosque by rampaging Hindu fanatics in the northern Indian town of Ayodhya yesterday. More than 800 people had been killed and hundreds injured as Muslim and Hindu mobs stabbed, shooted and beat each other. The violence had thrown the government into chaos and had spilled into the neighboring states of Pakistan and Bangladesh. The army had been called out to restore order in Bombay, where street battles left 41 dead. The stock market had been closed down and Parliament forced to adjourn. Advani quit as the leader of opposition in the Lok Sabha.
5/1/1987	The Bofors Deal.

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Historical Event on 5/17/1949 India decided with only one dissent vote to remain within the Commonwealth of Nations.

Historical Event on 5/17/1949
India decided with only one dissent vote to remain within the Commonwealth of Nations.