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Historical Event on 3/17/1959

Dalai Lama XIV flees from Tibet after Chinese military occupied Tibet.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/16/1996CBI raids house of former minister Sukh Ram and finds cash and jewellery to the tune of Rs. 3 crore.
1/31/1903Smt. Sharda Bhaurao Diwan, educationalist, was born.
9/5/1659Queen Saibai, wife of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, died.
4/1/2000Disinvestment not distress sell, says Prime Minister A. B. Vajpayee at a conference of chief executives of PSUs in New Delhi.
8/22/1984R. Venkataraman was elected the Vice President of India (1984 -1987).
4/15/2000Baichung Bhutia became the first Asian-player to score a goal in the professional English game.
12/5/1999India's Yukta Mookhey is crowned Miss World.
9/13/1992Union government decides to form a National Human Rights Commission.
1/24/1997Justice Meera Sahib Fathima Beevi and Justice Sukhdev Singh Kang appointed Governors of Tamil Nadu and Kerala respectively.
12/5/1992V. P. Singh and hundreds arrested in Barabanki on the way to Ayodhya.