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Today History _17-November

17-November-1525        

   Babur came to India , and conquered it through Sindh in his fifth attempt.

17-November-1857    

       Sir Colin Campbell, British Army Officer, managed to supress Indian Mutiny sepoys at Lucknow.

17-November-1921         

  Princes of Wales came to India.

17-November-1925   

        Jemini Ganesh, film actor, was born.

17-November-1928         

  Lala Lajpat Rai died in Lahore after being seriously wounded in the barbarous lathi charge of 30th October. He is referred as the ""Lion of Punjab"" or ""Punjab Kesari"" and is remembered as freedom fighter, nationalist, educationist, lawyer, thinker, writer, social reformer, orator and a passionate fighter for the revival of the ancient Indian culture.

17-November-1932   

        The Third Round Table Conference began in London. It was not attended by the Congress as the real Indian participation in the making of the constitution was negligible. Since Gandhi was in prison because of his civil disobedience movement he could not attend it either. This conference ended on 24th November 1932 without achieving anything.

17-November-1935 

          Deodhar Gopal Krishna, great social worker and architect of ""Seva Sadan"" (Pune), passed away.

17-November-1947         

  Rajendra Prasad elected the President of Indian National Congress.

17-November-1948       

    Despite the scepticism on the part of the US and British advisers concerning the feasibility of the scheme, the first half-dozen HAL-reconditioned B-24s were ready by November 1948 and, on the 17th of that month, No. 5 Squadron was formed with these heavy bombers.

17-November-1953     

      Sadanand Swaminathan, famous journalist, passed away.

17-November-1966   

        India's beauty queen. Reita Faria was crowned as 'Miss World' in World Beauty contest held in London. She was a medical student. Reita Faria Powell born to Goan parents in British Bombay is an Indian model, doctor and beauty queen who won Miss World 1966, to become the first Asian woman to win the event.

17-November-1973          

 Mother Pondicherry, greatest teacher and religious leader, died.

17-November-1986          

 SAARC Summit at Bangalore decides to set up permanent secretariat at Kathmandu; India elected new Chairman.

17-November-1991         

  Narasimha Rao, PM, wins by-election in Nandyal with a record margin of 5,80,297 votes.

17-November-1999           India beats New Zealand by seven wickets to win the one-day cricket series in New Delhi. Saurav Ganguly adjudged the 'man of the match' and 'man of the series'

17-November-1991     

      Sharad Pawar wins in Baramati.

17-November-1994     

      North Eastern Council decides to include Sikkim in the Council.

17-November-1994     

      Dr. Harbhajan Singh, Punjabi poet, wins Saraswati Samman.

17-November-1999           41 more ministers are inducted into the Ram Prakash Gupta Ministry in Uttar Pradesh taking the strength of the ministry to 91.

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