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Historical Event on 11/17/1857
Sir Colin Campbell, British Army Officer, managed to supress Indian Mutiny sepoys at Lucknow.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 12/27/1936 | Golden Jublee Session of Indian National Congress, under the presidentship of Jawaharlal Nehru, held at Faizpur urging India to strike at British imperialism. |
| 1/6/1842 | 4,500 British & Indian troops leave Kabul.. |
| 10/11/1999 | Congress (I) Ministry under the leadership of Mukut Mithi is sworn-in in Arunachal Pradesh. |
| 6/8/2000 | Bomb blasts rock churches in three states (A.P, Karnataka and Goa). |
| 5/25/1899 | Nazrul Islam, revolutionary and Bengali poet, was born in Churulia village of Burdwan district. |
| 1/24/1958 | First international Film Festival started in Mumbai. |
| 12/26/1985 | Rajiv Gandhi and Pakistan President Zia-ul-Haq meet in Delhi and agree not to attack nuclear plants in each other's country. |
| 8/12/1928 | The Olympic Games hosted by Amsterdam fully realized Pierre de Coubertin's vision: 'the nations of the world in friendly competition'. After a succession of Olympics dominated by North America and Western Europe, Amsterdam welcomed more than 3,000 competitors. |
| 3/22/1969 | The first public sector petrochemical organisation was inaugurated. |
| 11/9/1942 | Jami, last evergreen poet of Parsi language, died. |
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