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Historical Event on 6/17/1947

Burma was adopted as republic by constitution assembly.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/16/1927Rail service started between India and Nepal.
12/24/1999Indian Airlines Kathmandu-Delhi Airbus 300 with 186 people on board hijacked shortly after take-off.
7/12/1949Dutch KLM Constellation crashes near Bombay, 45 die.
9/1/1995Chandrababu Naidu assumes office as the new CM of Andhra Pradesh.
6/19/1996Kerala LDF govt. decides to reopen the ISRO espionage case, which was closed by the CBI.
5/5/1932Prabhatkumar Mukhopadhyay, famous Bengali short story writer and novelist, passed away.
2/11/1993Andhra Naxalites release four out of six hostages.
5/27/1951Taraporewala Aquarium was inaugurated at Mumbai by President Dr. Rajendra Prasad.
12/26/1978Indira Gandhi released after week in jail for refusing to testify on corruption.
12/3/19843,000 people died and more than 50,000 people were badly affected when they inhaled poisonous toxic gas emission from the Union Carbide plant. This event is better known as ""the Bhopal Gas Tragedy"", the biggest industrial disaster that occured in India.