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Historical Event on 8/17/1997
Leander-Mahesh duo wins International ATP doubles in Connecticut.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
5/9/1919 | Ram Kumar Gupta, great industrialist, was born at Delhi. |
7/2/1999 | The Indian Army launches a three pronged attack on Kargil. India is firm on Pakistan pullout from the area. |
8/1/1955 | Arun Lal, cricketer (Indian batsman in sixteen Tests 1982-89), was born in Moradabad, U.P. |
10/6/1999 | Suraj Bhan sworn in Governor of Bihar. |
3/11/1886 | Anandibai Gopalrao Joshi became the first Indian lady doctor. She passed the MBBS degree from Philadelphia University of America. |
11/25/1879 | Sri Thanwardas Lilaram Vaswani, professor, saint poet, great orator and prolific writer, was born in Hyderabad, Sindh (now in Pakistan). He was the founder of Mira Movement. |
8/25/1959 | Jawaharlal Nehru, Prime Minister, declares in New Delhi that India will defend Bhutan and Sikkim if attacked by China. |
1/26/1997 | Mizoram becomes a dry state, the fourth, after Gujarat, AP and Haryana. |
9/15/1860 | M. Visveswarayya, maker of modern Karnataka, was born. He was a notable engineer too. |
2/14/1994 | V. P. Singh elected JD Chief in place of S.R. Bommai who stepped down. |
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