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Historical Event on 6/17/1991

Bharat Ratna, India's highest award, was given to Rajiv Gandhi (Posthumous) (1944-1991).

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/10/1910Smt. Durga Bhagwat, veteran Marathi writer, was born.
4/20/1960Pannalal Ghosh, famous flute player, passed away.
6/18/1989India and Pakistan decide to end the five-year-old confrontation in Siachen Glacier area by redeploying their forces.
8/4/2000Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother and the last member of the British royal family to bear the title ''Empress of India'', celebrated her 100th birthday.
5/25/1991Indian, UN Angola Verification Mission - I ended (UNAVEM - I June 1989 - May 1991).
2/19/1994IRBM Agni Missile test fired successfully for the third time.
7/31/1658Aurangzeb appoints himself Mongol emperor.
2/12/194614 killed in Calcutta riots; Muslim leader Jinnah threatens civil war.
10/2/1942Menka Devi, freedom fighter, was arrested by the police when she and her friends were carrying out Gandhi Jayanti procession. She was tortured with cigar butts and the administration set her house on fire.
10/2/1942Turkish Armada retired.The arrival of a new Portuguese fleet.