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Historical Event on 12/17/1830

Simon Bolivar, great dynamic leader and social reformer, died.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/22/2000Parliament okays two Constitutional Amendment Bills restoring relaxations in marks for promotion in government jobs to SC/STs and exempting Arunachal from reservation for SCs.
3/18/1953Backward Classes Commission inaugurated.
1/9/1976President suspends seven freedoms guaranteed by Article 19 of the Constitution.
7/20/1982Mira Behn (90), disciple of Mahatma Gandhi, passed away.
9/14/1992S. A. Banerjee, cricketer who played one Test for India in 1948 without scoring any runs but took 5 wkts, died.
7/9/1996A Delhi court summoned former Prime Minister Narsimha Rao to face trial as an accused in the Lakhubhai Pathak cheating case in which godman Chandraswami was already facing trial.
9/7/1999India rejects Pakistan demand for a East Timor type of referendum in Kashmir.
6/13/2000Yashwant Sinha, Finance Minister, announces a one-time settlement of outstanding loans below Rs. 10 crores in a move aimed at ridding the public sector banks of Rs. 51,000 crores of bad loans.
8/16/1991Indian Airliner Boeing 737 crashes in Manipur's Churachandpur district killing all 69 aboard.
1/14/1896Chintaman Dwarkanath Deshmukh, former Finance Minister of India, was born.