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Historical Event on 1/17/1601

Akbar, after eight month's siege, entered Asirgarh one of the strongest forts in India.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/22/1939When Britain declared war against the Germans it appealed for help from all political parties. Congress put up some conditions which in other words were the immediate transfer of power. The Viceroy promised to give due consideration to the suggestions of each party and that the dominion status would be given after the war. Congress in order to pressurize the Govt. boycotted all ministries and started a civil disobedience movement and eventually resigned. Jinnah declared 22nd Dec 1939 as ""Day of Deliveranc
1/31/1960Milkha Singh at Lahore sets record for 200m in 20.7s.
1/11/1966Lal Bahadur Shastri, Indian Prime Minister (1964-66), passed away at Tashkent, U.S.S.R. at 1:32, age 61. He was awarded the Bharat Ratna posthumously.
6/16/1990GOI announces higher procurement/minimum support prices for all major kharif crops.
12/5/1943The Japanese planes attack Calcutta port.
4/26/1813Swati Tirunal Ramavarma, outstanding composer of Carnatic music in Kerala, was born in a royal family of Travancore.
10/1/1928Shivaji Ganeshan, famous actor, was born.
6/14/1990Veerendra Verma sworn in as the new Governor of Punjab and Administrator of Chandigarh.
8/20/1988Earthquake measuring 6.5 on Richter Scale strikes India and Nepal. Thousands killed.
11/24/1919Gandhiji presides over All-India Khilafat conference at Delhi.