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Historical Event on 6/17/1991

Prabhakar Machve, famous litterateur, passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/3/1988INS Chakra was inducted in the Indian Navy when the first Soviet SSN Victor 1 class nuclear propelled submarine and India joined the maritime nuclear powers.
6/1/1964Rashid Ghulam Muhammad Patel, cricketer (Indian pace bowler, better known for Lamba incident), was born in Sabarkantha.
12/3/1971During the ensuing melee, three of the Sabres were shot down while all Gnats returning to base were unscathed. The first blood of a new Indo-Pakistan air war had been drawn. Other encounters were to follow over the next 10 days within both Indian and Pakistani airspace, before a full-scale war began.
8/22/1992Congress (I) with its allies secures a simple majority in the Lok Sabha following the merger of Telugu Desam into the party.
8/6/1996Dr. Raj Kumar was conferred Dada Saheb Phalke award.
12/20/1946Gandhiji completes his month-long sojourn at Srirampur.
11/22/1773Robert Clive, English occupier (India), passed away at the age of 48.
8/12/1997Bar Council of India debars full-time law teachers from practising as lawyers.
11/8/1927Lal Krishna Adwani was born in Karachi (now in Pakistan).
6/29/1909Pandit Motilal, social reformer and freedom fighter, was born.