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Historical Event on 12/17/1933

Lala Amarnath scores a century (118) in his Test Cricket debut.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/18/1997India's first electric car 'Reva' launched in Bangalore.
5/2/195340 persons were reported losing their lives today in the first crash of a jet airliner in commercial service. The jetliner, a British-built Comet, plunged to earth in a violent storm just a few minutes after taking off from Calcutta. It was carrying a party of rubber and tin operators from Malaya to England. There were no survivors. Two Comets have crashed before, one last October and one in March, but neither was carrying passengers.
5/2/1953Queen Elizabeth I granted its Royal Charter to the 218 Knights and merchants of the City of London who formed the East India Company. The venture failed to achieve its stated objectives -- it made little impression on the Dutch control of the spice trade and could not establish a lasting outpost in the East Indies.
1/24/1966Gulzarilal Nanda stepped down from the position of acting Prime Minister of India. He held his position till January 11, 1966 (Acting).
6/18/1917Lachhmansingh Gill, famous politician and former chief minister, was born.
6/18/1917Babur won the first Panipat battle and entered in North India's capital Agra.
7/25/1987Giani Zail Singh (1916-1994) retired from the post of seventh President.
2/26/1996Parliament's budget session opens.
10/26/1932Chinadorai Deshmutu, Indian field hockey player (Olympics-1952), was born.
5/25/1997Seven Pakistani infiltrators are killed in an encounter with BSF in Ranbir Singh Pora.