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Historical Event on 6/17/1950
Syed Wazir Ali, cricketer (7 Tests for India), passed away.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 9/3/1999 | India launches a new phase of military modernisation after the Kargil conflict. |
| 10/9/1997 | Forest brigand Veerappan kidnapped 21 persons and later released 13 tourists. He detained six people --Dr. Mythi of Indian Institute of Horticulture Research Centre, Bangalore, two drivers, pumpset attender and two photographers. |
| 1/8/1993 | Dr. P.C. Alexander appointed Governor of Maharashtra. |
| 3/25/1989 | India's first super-computer X-MP-14 of US make was dedicated to the nation. |
| 9/23/1980 | Indira Gandhi gains power to imprison without trial. |
| 6/18/1989 | India and Pakistan decide to end the five-year-old confrontation in Siachen Glacier area by redeploying their forces. |
| 10/19/1774 | Members of the Council and the Judge of Supreme Court of England came to improve the management in India. |
| 11/23/1908 | Durga Das, famous social reformer and journalist, was born. |
| 1/22/1990 | FIR registered in Bofors kickbacks case. |
| 7/23/1856 | Lokmanya Bal Gangadhar Tilak, scholar, mathematician, philosopher, militant nationalist Indian leader and who helped lay the foundation for India's independence, was born at Ratnagiri in Maharashtra. |
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