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Historical Event on 8/17/1882

Sir Ram Nath Chopra, noted professor of Pharmacology, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/16/1958Raghuram Adwai Bhat, great Indian left-arm spinner 1983-84, was born at Mangalore.
7/28/1994Sudhakarrao Naik, G. Ramanujam and O. N. Srivastava appointed Governors.
7/28/1994Saint Namdev passed away.
1/5/1968Government of India accepts the administrative reforms commission's recommendation to appoint a Lok Pal.
3/14/1999Arjun Atwal won the Indian Open Golf in Calcutta.
8/29/1976Poet Kazi Nazrul Islam of Bengal, great revolutionary, died on his visit to Dhaka in Bangladesh.
1/26/1965Hindi Language is accepted as National language of India.
10/3/1996National Conference swept back to power in J & K with a landslide victory.
12/12/1955The President promulgated an ordinance providing the usage of Hindi with English for official purposes of Indian Union. B.G. Kher Commission (under article 344(I) of the Constitution) constituted. Hindi Teaching Scheme was introduced under Ministry of Home Affairs.
11/12/1997India elected to executive board of UNESCO.