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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
9/19/1996India Development Forum pledges $7b. to India.
6/30/1993AN-12 phasing out marked the end of a glorious chapter of transport operations in the IAF.
10/16/1968Hargovind Khorana, Indian scientist, was awarded 1968 Nobel Prize for Medicine and Physiology on man-made synthetic gene.
9/22/1970Bandopadhyay Shardendu, modern Bengali poet, died.
4/10/1901Amiya Chakravarty, educationist, was born at Serampore in West Bengal.
9/1/1928Arun Kumar Seal, educationist, was born at Vishnupur.
2/24/1961Government of Madras province was renamed as Tamil Nadu.
2/8/1948Indian govt. bans Muslim groups 'Khaksars' and 'League National Guard'.
6/30/1997Gujarat floods claimed 170 lives.
4/10/1997Announcement of UP's 70th new district to be re-named after Jyotiba Phule.