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Historical Event on 3/17/1959

Dalai Lama XIV flees from Tibet after Chinese military occupied Tibet.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/2/1930Riots break out in Amritsar.
11/19/1996Krishnarao Shiva Shelvankar, journalist and diplomat, passed away at 90.
12/3/1971Third Pakistani aggression begins with air attacks on airports in the western sector; emergency declared.
8/16/1997Krishan Kant, Andhra Pradesh's Governor, elected as the Vice President of India.
2/22/1994Punjab brought back to international air map after 10 years with the introduction of flights to 8 countries from Amritsar Rajasansi Airport.
4/22/1930Revolutionary Surjya Sen's many associates were killed and Surjya Sen ""Masterda"" himself went underground, on Jalalabad Hill and started extending his activities to neighbouring districts.
8/15/1972Postal Index Number (PIN Code) of 6-digits was introduced.
7/1/1947Independence of India Bill passed.
12/5/1898Josh Malihabadi, famous Urdu poet, was born.
8/15/1947India gains independence from the British rule and Pakistan emerges as a separate Islamic nation. Around 600,000 die in clashes during the subsequent population exchange of 14 million people between the two new countries.