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Historical Event on 8/17/1882

Sir Ram Nath Chopra, noted professor of Pharmacology, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/8/1929Bhagat Singh and Batukeshwar Dutt threw two bombs on the Assembly Hall.
10/3/1950India protests U.N. troops' crossing of 38th parallel in New York.
1/3/1871Father Kuriakose Elias Chavara, freedom fighter and social reformer, died.
2/23/1876Saint Gadgebaba, great modern saint of Maharashtra, was born.
12/16/1924Nissim Ezekiel, educationist and author, was born.
3/27/1966Indira Gandhi meets Johnson in Washington.
6/19/1995India and US officially launch Indo-US Commercial Alliance during US Trade Secretary's visit.
5/26/1983R. V. Marathe, father of Postal Index, passed away.
7/30/1987Rajiv Gandhi escaped an attack on him at Colombo.
8/15/1947India gains independence from the British rule and Pakistan emerges as a separate Islamic nation. Around 600,000 die in clashes during the subsequent population exchange of 14 million people between the two new countries.