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Historical Event on 3/17/1863

Sayajirao Gaekwad of Baroda was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/18/1858Rani Laxmi Bai of Jhansi died while fighting with the British troops in the battlefield near Gwalior.
2/5/1924Gandhiji was released after operated on for appendicitis in Sassoon Hospital, Poona.
3/23/1947Lord Mountbatten was sent as a Viceroy to India who was designated to free India.
2/20/1994Government makes the first appointment under 27\% reservation for Other Backward Classes in Central Services and Public Sector Undertaking.
10/30/1928Madhav Vinayak Gothoskar, cricket Test umpire for 14 tests from 1972-84, was born in Mumbai.
8/27/1958Metric system of weights and measures introduced.
3/16/1977Sixth General Election of India begins.
2/7/1856Wajid Ali Shah, ruler of Oudh, was asked to abdicate by the British Resident on grounds of chronic misrule.
1/22/1989Madhya Pradesh CM Arjun Singh resigns on Churhat lottery case grounds.
12/14/1969Bishen Bedi takes 7-98 (career-best) v Australia at Calcutta.