17
May

What Happened this Day in India History Events.

1769 The East India Company imposed a variety of restrictions on weavers to ruin Bengal's textile industry.
1918 Birth of India's famous industrialist and top member of Tata group, Russian Modi
1987 Sunil Gavaskar retired from Test cricket.
2007 The fourth round of the India-Pakistan Composite Dialogue commenced in Rawalpindi.
2010 Promoting the country's oldest traditional sports, Kabaddi, the Punjab government announced the hosting of the Kabaddi World Cup next month.
2014 The death of CP Krishnan Nair, the famous hotel industrialist of India and founder of the 'Hotel Leela Group'.
1865 Celebration of World Communication Day started.
2018 BS Yeddyurappa took the oath of office of Chief Minister of Karnataka for the third time.
1980 A record of standing for 33 hours on one leg was set by VS Kumar Anand.
1995 The Restricted Area Permit (RAP) was abolished by the three northeastern states of the country.
1999 He was resigned from his post by Congress President Sonia Gandhi. But it was rejected by the Congress Committee of which the CWC also says.