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Historical Event on 7/17/1948

Govt. announced that all discriminations against women in matter of employment will be done away with and in future, women will be eligible for any public service including administrative sevice and police service.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/28/1998The 1997 B.C. Roy National Award was presented to 18 medical experts.
10/14/1991Prasannakumar Abhyankar, senior journalist, died.
9/4/1980Second Commonwealth Regional Heads of Government Conference in New Delhi.
1/2/1960Raman Lamba, cricketer (Indian opening batsman 1986-87), was born in Meerut.
9/21/1992The Officers Training School (OTS) women were inducted into the Army as Officers, and the onerous task of training the Lady Cadets of WSES (O) courses commenced at the OTS.
10/20/1960Indian mountaineers reach the peak of Nanda Ghunti for the first time in the Kumaon Hills.
4/10/1997Kerala becomes the first state to have public telephones in all its villages, accessible over STD/ISD from any part of the world.
1/26/1915Rani Gaidinliu, freedom fighter, social reformer and political leader, was born at Nungkao village, Manipur State.
5/10/1905Pankaj Malik, music director, was born.
11/19/1994Aishwarya Rai, selected 'Miss World' at the age of 21 in the beauty contest held at the 44th convention at Sun City, South Africa .