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Historical Event on 8/17/1932

V.S. Naipaul, great Indian writer, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/7/1958Acharya Kripalani elected leader of a new opposition group in the Lok Sabha.
12/14/1999G.M.C. Balayogi, Lok Sabha speaker, presents a draft for over Rs. 32 lakhs to the Prime Minister for the Kargil Fund.
3/31/1935374 infants wed at a mass ceremony.
12/26/1925Krishna G. Ginde, great musician and singer, was born.
12/20/1942Gangu Bai, freedom fighter from Kolhapur, died at Hinlang Jail because of police beating.
6/16/1950Mithun Chakravorty, famous Hindi film actor, was born.
9/8/1997English chosen as the official language of Dravidian University which was set up at Kuppam (Andhra Pradesh) jointly by the southern states.
7/20/1903British to increase size of Royal Army in India.
4/17/1999The Vajpayee Government resigns after it loses the confidence vote in the Lok Sabha by one vote - 269 to 270.
11/3/1988Indian armed forces mounted special operations to help the Indian Ocean archipelago of the Maldives and dealt with the 150 sea-borne invaders who stormed Maldivian Capital, Male and soughted to overthrow the democratically elected Government of the Maldives.