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Historical Event on 2/17/1948

Gorkha Rifles Battalion Group (INDBATT) unit was re-designated as the 5th Battalion the 8th Gorkha Rifles (the Sirmoor Rifles).

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/31/1997Lakhubhai Pathak, prominent NRI businessman who had accused Narasimha Rao of cheating $ 100,000, died in London.
11/3/1984Body of assassinated Indian PM Indira Gandhi cremated.
12/1/1991Stone laid for the Sanskrit University at Kaladi, the birthplace of Adi Sankara.
4/8/1919Gandhiji arrested on way to Delhi for refusal to comply with order not to enter Punjab; escorted back to Bombay; outbreaks of violence in several towns.
12/20/1948Ladha Ramji, brother of Amar Singh and played his only Test vs Eng in 1933-34, died at Rajkot.
1/24/1994Singapore PM Goh Chok Tong arrives in New Delhi on a state visit.
2/27/1987UN Secretary General Javier Perez de Cuellar recieved the Jawaharlal Nehru award for International Understanding.
2/21/1997J. M. Lyngdoh appointed Election Commissioner.
2/21/1997Sultan Mehmood completely destroyed the Temple of Somnath.
8/20/1921The Mopla revolt, one of the important uprisings of India, was started at Kerala.