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Historical Event on 12/17/1959

Pattabhi Sitaramayya, president of Indian National Congress and politician, died at the age of 78.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/5/1846Sir Charles Metkaf, Governor General of East India Company, died.
2/24/2000The Subrahmanyam Committee report tabled in the Lok Sabha. The panel concluded that the Pakistan intrusion in Kargil took the Indian security establishment by surprise.
7/26/1874Rajarshi Shahu Chhatrapati, great revolutionary freedom fighter and social reformer, was born.
9/12/1995Heavy rainfall in the Himalaya region, resulting in landslide, claimed 70 lives near Kullu.
10/31/1989Dr. A. P. Mukherjee became the director of Central Bureau of Investigation till 11/01/90.
12/25/1771Shah Alam II sat on the Throne of Dehli. Marathas captured Delhi and induced Shah Alam to return to Delhi after an absence of 18 years from the captial.
5/18/1992President R. Venkataraman reaches Beijing.
7/14/196985 persons were killed when a freight train collided with a passanger train near Jaipur.
2/10/1921Mahatma Gandhi inaugurated Kashi Vidya Peeth.
6/10/1959Tyagmurti Goswami Ganeshdutt, social worker, died near Hardwar.