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Historical Event on 3/17/1985

Dattu Phadkar, cricketer (Indian all-rounder, 31 Tests 1947-58), passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/8/1864Hari Narayan Apte, a well known Marathi writer who popularised social and historical themes in his novels, was born. He presided over the 8th Marathi Sahitya Sammelen in 1912.
2/3/1900Tiruvenkata Rajendra Seshadri, one of the founders of Organic Chemistry in India, was born at Kulittalai in Tamil Nadu.
2/6/1915Poet Pradeep (Ramchandra Divedi) was born at Bandnagar, MP.
3/3/1707Shehejade Muajjam declared himself as the successor of Aurangzeb and renamed himself Bahadurshah First.
12/4/1998Sonia Gandhi said the Congress(I) was prepared to meet the challenge of contesting a mid-term poll if it was forced on the country. But it would not take any initiative to pull down the BJP-led coalition.
8/21/1990Prasar Bharati Bill moved in the Lok Sabha .
1/29/1976Parliamenentary Committee on official language constituted. The Committee has since then submitted six parts of its report and Presidential orders have been issued on first five parts of it. The sixth part is in print.
2/27/1931Chandrashekhar Azad of Hindustan Republican Army shot himself to avoid British police arrest at Alfred Park, Allahabad.
12/28/1981Madras-Penang undersea cable commissioned.
5/13/1991P. Sudhir Kumar released in exchange for a few Naxals in jail.
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