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Historical Event on 2/17/1994
Former US Congressman Stephan Solarz named Ambassador of India.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 5/25/1894 | Biharilal Chakravorty, bengali poet, passed away. |
| 4/1/1957 | Postage stamps and sale of postal stationary was introduced as per decimal coinage system and Rupee was established to Hundred Naya Paisa. |
| 3/11/1903 | Shrinagesh M. M, former General, was born. |
| 8/27/1987 | B. Shankaranand appointed Chairman of the Parliamentary Committee to enquire into the Bofors gun deal. |
| 5/25/1606 | Guru Arjun Dev, spiritual leader of Sikhs and Hindus, was massacred at the instruction of Emperor Jahangir. |
| 1/1/1918 | Sir Edwin Lutyens was knighted in recognition of his quality of work at Delhi and his gratuitious services to the War Graves Commission. |
| 10/22/1933 | Vithalbhai Patel, great freedom fighter, social worker, leader, politician, President of the Central Assembly, lawyer and member of parliament, died in Geneva. |
| 8/18/1896 | Raghupati Sahay ""Firaq Gorakhpuri"", revolutionary Urdu poet, was born. He was honoured with the highest literary awards, including the Sahitya Academy Award in 1960 and Bharatiya Gyanpeeth Award in 1969. His notable works include ""Ruh-e-Kayenaat (Spirit of Universe, 1945)"" and ""Ramz-O-Kinayaat (Suggestion, 1946)"". |
| 10/1/1867 | Dr. Hiralal, a distinguised historian, was born in Katni near Jabalpur. He compiled a descriptive catalogue of Sanskrit and Prakrit Manuscripts in the Central Provinces and was an honorary correspondent in Archaeology to the Government of India. He was also titled as "Rai Bahadur |
| 4/1/1954 | Air Marshal Subroto Mukerjee became the first Indian to become the Air Officer Commanding, India Command. He was in this office till 08/Nov/1960. |
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