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Historical Event on 8/17/1947
The first British troop leaves for England after Indian independence.

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8/21/2000	Uma Bharti, the sanyasin Member of Parliament of the BJP, resigns from the Lok Sabha and the party's national executive comittee.
3/1/1955	Pakistan vs India five Test Cricket series ends in a 0-0 draw.
8/12/1897	Major Gegeral Himmat Singh, Governor of Himachal Pradesh and Duputy Defence Minister, was born.
3/1/1960	National Aeronautical Research Laboratory moves to Bangalore with offices at Palace Road and Jayamahal Road. It soon becomes National Aeronautical Laboratory. Dr Nilakantan invites Dr D M Rao to lead the 4 ft tunnel project.
3/1/1978	Justice Y. Y. Chandrachud is sworn in as the Chief Justice of India.
4/14/1952	Three integrated Railway Zones, Northern, North Eastern and Eastern inaugurated.
11/1/1950	First Indigenous Steam Engine from Chitranjan Rail Factory railed out.
5/22/1961	Jnanpeeth Award was instituted and the first award was given in 1965. This award is given for the best creative literary writing by any Indian citizen in any of the languages included in the VIII Schedule of the Indian Constitution. The award carries a cash price of Rs 2.5 lakh, a citation and a bronze momento.
3/12/1997	aspal Rana equals world mark in standard pistol 25m (ISU) event in South Asian shooting in Delhi.
3/4/1961	First Indian aircraft carrier naval fighter vessel ''I.N.S. Vikrant'' was commissioned in Belfast.

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Historical Event on 8/17/1947 The first British troop leaves for England after Indian independence.

Historical Event on 8/17/1947
The first British troop leaves for England after Indian independence.