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Historical Event on 9/17/1960
Agreement reached with Pakistan on the distribution of the River Indus and its tributaries.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 8/15/1947 | Brigadier Thakur Mahadeo Singh was the first Indian Commandant. He was the DSO of Indian Militery Academy. |
| 6/8/1915 | P.C.Kuttikrishnan 'Urub', Malyalam story writer and novelist, was born. |
| 9/7/1931 | The Second Round Table conference began in London and lasted till 1st December, 1931. Congress was solely represented by Gandhi and Muslim League by Sir Allama Iqbal and Quaid-e-Azam. Two committees were set up to carry out the work of the conference on Federal Structure and Minorities. Gandhi was the member of both the committees. He claimed that being the sole representative of the Congress, he represented the whole of India. Quaid-e-Azam replied that Muslims are a separate nation. Sir Shafi demanded that the 14 points of Quaid-e-Azam be incorporated in the future constitution. |
| 8/26/1947 | Nawab of Bhopal announced accession of the Bhopal state to the Indian Dominion. |
| 3/15/1936 | Vasudevrao Apurao Changre, leader in Maharashtra, was born. |
| 2/11/1935 | Lalita Narhar Bapat, famous marathi novelist, was born. |
| 8/15/1947 | The 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. |
| 7/21/1883 | Star Theatre was opened in Calcutta. |
| 3/19/2000 | Bill Clinton, US President, arrives to a warm welcome in India. This was the first presidential visit of a US head in two decades. |
| 4/3/1992 | Nagaland brought under President's rule. |
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