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Historical Event on 9/17/1948

The Nizam of Hyderabad, in a broadcast, announced ceasefire to his troops and accession into Indian Union, which was settled earlier to the announcement.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/29/1968Laxmidas Purshottamdas Jai, one Test for India, died.
1/11/1613Emperor Jahangir in a proclamation permitted East India Company to establish factories in Surat. And the first British factory was established under Thomas Aldworth.
1/25/1950The post of the Governor General of India was abolished.
6/4/1989Melville de Mellow, Eminent broadcaster, died.
5/2/1992President J.B.Patnaik, former Orissa CM and PCC (I), arrested on corruption charges.
12/28/1926Imperial Airways begins England-India mail & passenger service.
2/11/1981Australia all out for 83 vs India at MCG. They were chasing 143 to win.
4/4/1942Japanese Navy destroyed 3 British battleship to sink in the Bay of Bengal during the Second World War.
7/12/1970Major flood in Alaknanda river resulted in sweeping of buses and claimed 600 lives.
2/11/2001Objective type paper scheduled in 28 cities in India.