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Historical Event on 4/17/1952

First Lok Sabha was formed. Ananthasaynam Ayyangar, was elected as the first Deputy speaker of Lok Sabha (1952).

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/15/1988Narendra Hirwani makes a world record by capturing 16 West Indies wickets on Test debut at Chidambaram Stadium in Madras.
8/2/1987Vishwanathan Anand becomes the first Asian to win the World Junior Chess championship.
8/26/1997Vice President Krishan Kant takes over as Chairman of Rajya Sabha.
8/26/1997Muhammad Tughluq Shah II passed away at Sindh.
1/19/1966Indira Gandhi elected leader of the Congress party to succeed the late Lal Bahadur Shastri as the third Prime Minister of India. She pledged to follow path of Non-Alignment in worlds affairs.
7/24/1985Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi and Sikh leader Sant Harchand Singh Longowal of Akali Dal signed a peace contract known as 'Punjab Accord' thus ending the four-year agitation in Punjab.
3/25/1996CBI gives a clean chit to PM Rao in the St. Kitts case.
10/12/1998Sushma Swaraj is sworn in Delhi Chief Minister in place of Mr. Sahib Singh Verma
1/4/1964The First Diesel Engine came out of the Varanasi Diesel Engine Carshed.
1/17/1923Rangey Raghav, famous hindi writer, was born.