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Historical Event on 11/17/1947
Rajendra Prasad elected the President of Indian National Congress.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 8/7/1985 | Geet Sethi, national champion, was the third Indian to become World Amateur Billiards Champion by beating Robert Marshal of Australia. |
| 8/7/1985 | Malik Kafur, Alauddin Khilji's Commander, won the impregnable fort of Devgiri. The fort was entered by the enemy. Raja Ramdeva was taken prisoner and sent to Delhi where Alauddin recieved him untill his death in 1312. |
| 8/25/1888 | Allama Mashriqi, Muslim leader, was born. |
| 4/4/1990 | Hindi film 'Bagh Bahadur' received the best feature film award of 1989. |
| 10/30/1949 | Pramond Venkatesh Devidas Mahajan was born in Mahaboobnagar (Andhra Pradesh). |
| 8/29/1926 | Ramkrishna Hegde, former Central Cabinet Minister and Chief Minister of Karnataka, was born. |
| 2/1/2000 | The Centre decides to place almost all items under the automatic approval route for foreign direct investment and NRI and OCB investments. |
| 4/4/1999 | India routed China 5-0 in the Davis Cup Asia Oceania Group I second round play-off in Calcutta. |
| 4/5/1989 | Pannalal Patel, great Gujrati litterateur, died. |
| 11/30/1759 | Alamgir was murdered by his minister Imad-ul-Mulk. |
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