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Historical Event on 12/17/1961
Provocative action against our nationals in the vicinity of Anjadip Island and Portugal's belligerent attitude to the problems of its colonial possessions in this country, resulted in the Government of India's decision to liberate Goa, Daman and Diu. Operations were launched at night.

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4/25/1982	India's first telecast colour broadcasting started on Dordarshan.
7/15/1902	Judge K. Subba Rao, Chief Justice of Supreme Court of India, was born.
2/19/1949	Mass arrests of communists in India.
4/24/1980	Baba Gurbachan Singh, Nirankari chief, assassinated. His son named as the new chief.
5/18/1946	Gandhiji discusses Plan with Cabinet Mission.
10/17/1919	The Khilafat Movement was launched under the leadership of Maulana Jauhar Ali, Maulana Shaukat Ali and Abdul Kalam Azad.
9/13/1997	Grieving India lays to rest Mother Teresa in state funeral in Calcutta in which pomp and splendour is combined with religious rites.
7/24/1985	Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi and Sikh leader Sant Harchand Singh Longowal of Akali Dal signed a peace contract known as 'Punjab Accord' thus ending the four-year agitation in Punjab.
5/19/1796	Game protection law restricts encroachment on Indian hunting grounds.
9/30/1997	Gen. V. P. Malik takes over from Gen. Shankar Roychowdhury as Chief of Army Staff.

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