Today Importance - 17th March
17-March-1527
King Rana Sangram Singh of Dewar fought Babur near Kanwa in Agra and lost the battle and later died. He vowed not to enter Chittagong without victory.
17-March-1769
To establish the textile business of the English mills, the East India Company imposed various restrictions on the weavers of Bengal to destroy the Muslim and textile industries of Bengal, which were aimed at destroying the Indian textile and 'goods' industry.
17-March-1782
Salbi TT was sung by Anderson (British) and Scindia for the Maratha and East India Company.
17-March-1798
Rani Shiromani reported to go after the English armed force.
17-March-1863
Born in Baroda Sayajirao Gaekwad.
17-March-1905
Narasimhacharya Purohit Thirunarayan Iyengar, noted Kannada poet, music director and critic, is born.
17-March-1909
Pandit Ramchandra Narayan Dandekar, educationist and Sanskrit scholar of international repute, was born in Satara, Maharashtra.
17-March-1910
Smt. late social worker Anutai Wagh.
17-March-1920
Mujibur Rahman, the first Prime Minister of Bangladesh, was born in Tungipara, present-day Bangladesh.
17-March-1943
Indian troops are retreating from Rathedang to Buthidang in the wake of renewed Japanese offensive on Burma's Arakan Front.
17-March-1955
The Indian Standards Institute started working to control the quality of Indian products and quality products were issued the ISI mark.
17-March-1957
The new Union Cabinet was sworn in under the leadership of JL Nehru.
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17-March-1959
The 14th Dalai Lama fled Tibet after the Chinese army occupied Tibet.
17-March-1967
Constitution of the fourth Parliament (Lok Sabha).
17-March-1982
President's rule in Kerala.
17-March-1985
Dattu Phadkar, cricketer (Indian all-rounder, 31 Tests 1947-58), died.
17-March-1987
Sunil Gavaskar ended his Test career with an innings of 96 wickets.
17-March-1988
The first operational Indian remote sensing satellite (IRS-1A) was launched by a Russian Vostok. The IRS framework under the Public Regular Asset The executives Framework (NNRMS) is facilitated at the public level by the Arranging Panel of the NNRMS (PC-NNRMS) and the information from the IRS satellites are processed by the National Remote Sensing Agency, Hyderabad. SI, a US company, receives and markets IRS data worldwide under a commercial contract with the Department of Space's Antrix Corporation.
17-March-1989
The daily newspaper 'Sakal' published its edition in South Maharashtra.
Lok Dal (B) President and former Union Minister Hemvati Nandan Bahuguna passed away.
17-March-1991
The first Indian remote sensing satellite IRS-IA has completed three years of successful operation. (18-3-91).
17-March-1992
Suburban rail fare growth is low; 20% increase in first class, 15% decrease in second class air-conditioned sleeper and chair car.
17-March-1994
Former Speaker of Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly Wali Mohammad Itto was shot dead by terrorists.
17-March-1995
Congress-I got two-thirds majority in Arunachal Pradesh.
17-March-1997
Cochin Stock Exchange is online.
17-March-1997
A Delhi court has sentenced former Union Minister Kalpannath Rai to 10 years imprisonment.
17-March-1999
An International Seminar on United Nations Peacekeeping was organized by the Ministry of External Affairs and the Ministry of Defense in New Delhi from 17 to 19 March 1999. The seminar was conducted by the Army Training Command Shimla Headquarters on behalf of the Indian Army. A total of 126 foreign delegates from 71 countries participated in the symposium.
17-March-1999
GM Dibyendu Baruah and IWM S Vijayalakshmi (both India) won the men's and women's titles respectively at the Asian Regional Chess Championship in Mumbai.
17-March-2000
V.C. Bihar Governor Pandey authorized CBI to prosecute RJD President Lalu Prasad Yadav in Assam property case.
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