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Historical Event on 8/17/1780

Indian Governor General Warren Hastings duel with Francis to settle personal and official quarrels. Francis was wounded but survived.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/12/1941Chinese engineers leave to survey a route for the proposed 1,000-mile-long highway from Ningyuan, China to Assam, India.
3/12/1941Bahadur Shah captured the fort of Chittor and then marched against the Mughal emperor.
5/13/1971General Insurance nationalized.
10/15/1949Process of the integration of the Indian State was completed when the last three states - Tripura, Manipur and Banaras were merged.
7/18/1987Arun Singh, union minister of state for defence, resigns from the cabinet.
3/29/1977S. N. Mathur became the director of Central Bureau of Investigation (till 02/05/77).
2/6/1990Ashok Shandilya of Railways wins National billiards crown.
10/12/1995Inderjit Gupta re-elected General Secretary of CPI.
6/11/1976Indira Gandhi and Brezhnev sign the Moscow Declaration of Friendship and Cooperation.
7/8/1888Fenardish Jyoki Antoniu, Konkani author and journalist, was born.