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Historical Event on 12/17/1877

Feroz Shah died at Makka, Saudi.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/12/1993Ramakanth Rath, well-known Oriya poet, gets the Saraswathi Samman of Rs.3 lakh.
10/12/1946Ashok Vinoo Mankad, cricketer (son of Vinoo, batted for India 1969-78), was born in Bombay.
2/11/1997NHRC recommends to Central Government measures to prevent government servants from employing children below 14 as domestic servants.
11/7/1996Cyclonic storm hits Andhra Pradesh.
5/18/1974First underground Atomic device explosion for India was carried out successfully near Pokhran in Rajasthan (Thar Desert) at 8:05 a.m. This event made India as the 6th nation to explode an atomic bomb.
4/22/1994Chabbildas Mehta sworn in as Gujarat CM.
7/14/1992The Lok Sabha passes a bill seeking to confer on the President the powers of the Legislature of J&K.
1/20/1993Karnataka ministry expanded to include 27 more members; S.M. Krishna made Dy. CM.
8/2/1993CEC Seshan postpones all elections including by-elections to December in protest against the government's attempt to subjugate the Commission.
6/1/1786Madras General Post Office started functioning.