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Historical Event on 8/17/1780

Indian Governor General Warren Hastings duel with Francis to settle personal and official quarrels. Francis was wounded but survived.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/21/1805Defitiniv treaty between Anandrao Gaikwad and Britishers.
2/9/1991India holds the last decennial census of the century.
1/28/1937Suman Kalyanpurkar, famous singer, was born.
11/14/1681East India Company declared Bengal as a seperate presidency.
8/11/1956The Lok Sabha passed the States Reorganisation Act.
9/5/1962Dr. Radhakrishnan's birthday declared as Teachers Day.
8/16/1997Krishan Kant, Andhra Pradesh's Governor, elected as the Vice President of India.
1/1/1948India raised voice against Pakistani infilatration in the country. A complaint was lodged in the Security Council of United Nation on Kashmir invasion.
1/15/2000Baba Amte, social artist, receives Gandhi Peace Prize 1999, from the President K. R. Narayanan.
4/22/1921Subhas Chandra Bose, resigned from Indian Civil Service, and formed South Calcutta Sevak Samiti after returning to India. He was also arrested for carrying our freedom movement.