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17 December
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Rajendra Nath Lahiri is executed in Gonda Jail
Revolutionary Rajendra Nath Lahiri, convicted in the Kakori case, was hanged at Gonda Jail on 17 December 1927, two days before the other principal Kakori executions.
This date is in the wider Indian-history calendar but does not yet have a dedicated Curious Indian article.
Indian forces began the military operation that ended Portuguese rule in Goa, Daman and Diu
This date is in the wider Indian-history calendar but does not yet have a dedicated Curious Indian article.
Arms were dropped from an aircraft over Purulia district.
Purulia Arms Drop 1995: The Night Rifles Fell from the Sky
Purulia, 17 December 1995: a village gathered for a child’s funeral, a plane came over in the dark, and by morning there were rifles in the trees On…
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