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Find out what happened in India on 17 September
Parshuram Bhau Patwardhan, an able leader and diplomat of Madhavrao Peshwa kingdom, passed away.
Anagrik Dharmapal, religious reformer, was born.
Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay was born in Debanandpur village.
E.V. Ramaswami Naicker, prominent leader of Dravid movement and social reformer, was born at Erode in Tamil Nadu.
Keshav Sitaram Thakrey, journalist, social reformer and historian, was born.
Shri Hanuman Prasad Poddar, social reformer, revolutionary and poet, was born in Shillong.
First British troops leave Bombay for South Africa.
Popati Ramchand Hiranandani, famous Hindi writer, was born at Hyderabad in Sind.
La Fontaine, Air Chief Marshal D A La Fontaine PVSM and AVSM, VM, was born in Madras.
Gandhiji announced his decision to retire from politics from October one to engage himself in the development of village industries, Harijan service and education through basic crafts.
Sitakant Mahapatra, 1933 Gyanpeeth awardee and famous Orria poet, was born.
Dilip Purushottam Chitre, famous Marathi poet, story writer, critic and Sahitya Academy awardee, was born.
The Nizam of Hyderabad, in a broadcast, announced ceasefire to his troops and accession into Indian Union, which was settled earlier to the announcement.
Govt. grants diplomatic recognition to Israel.
India outlaws bigamy.
Oil and Natural Gas Commission (ONGC ) established.
Agreement reached with Pakistan on the distribution of the River Indus and its tributaries.
Advance railway reservation period extended from 30 to 60 days w.e.f. February 01, 1998.
Kalpakkam Mini Reactor (KAMINI), the only U-233 fuelled operating reactor in the world, attains maximum capacity of 30 KW.
Rabri Devi, Chief Minister of Bihar, expands the Cabinet, inducting nine ministers, even as the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (Soren) group formally withdraws support to her ministry.
India and the United States begin high level consultations to find ways on countering terrorism.
Narayan Desai, Ajoy Kumar Basu and Saraswathi Gora are named for Jamnalal Bajaj awards.