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Historical Event on 7/17/1987

V. P. Singh announces resignation from Congress; R. Venkataraman elected President of India.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/31/1738Lord Charles Cornvalis, Governor General of India (1786-1793), was born.
7/23/1991Premdatt Paliwal, president of All India Forward Block, died.
6/5/1966Indian rupee devalued by 36.5 percent.
9/10/1996Central Ethical Committee of ICMR on Human Research, constituted under the Chairmanship of Justice (Retired) M.N. Venkatachaliah, held its first meeting. Several sub committees were constituted to address specific topics viz. Epidemiological Research, Clinical Evaluation of Products to be Used on Humans, Organ Transplantation; Human Genetics, etc.
10/19/1905Prince and Princess of Wales leave on an official visit to India at London.
3/17/1957New Central Cabinet under J. L. Nehru sworn in.
6/5/1984Operation 'Blue Star' was launched by Indira Gandhi. Indian commandos stormed into Sikh's holiest gurudwara Golden Temple in Amritsar to flush out the terrorists and other anti-government elements. Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale and over 325 people were killed in the temple. Thus a great rebel arose all over the nation and specially in Punjab.
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.
8/20/1993Mother Teresa hospitalized for malaria.
4/3/1987S.H. Vatsyayan passed away.



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