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Today In Indian History - Historical Events of India
| Date | Event Name |
| 6/17/1674 |
Jijabai, mother of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, died. |
| 6/17/1756 |
Nawab Sira-ud-Daulah attacked on Calcutta with 50,000 soldiers and captured it on June 21. |
| 6/17/1824 |
Bureau of Indian Affairs established. |
| 6/17/1839 |
Lord William Bentik, governor general of India, was born. |
| 6/17/1862 |
Lord Charles Jhon Canning, Governor General and Viceroy of India (1856-1862), died. |
| 6/17/1887 |
Dr. Kailas Nath Katju, freedom fighter, politician, leader and Governor of Orissa and West Bengal, was born. |
| 6/17/1903 |
Jyotiprasad Agarwal, Assamia playwright, poet and music director, was born. |
| 6/17/1913 |
Waman Vasudev Chitle (Bal Chitle), Marathi story writer and editor, was born. |
| 6/17/1917 |
Mahatma Gandhi and Kasturba started living at Hriday Kunj in Sabarmati Ashram in Ahmedabad. |
| 6/17/1917 |
Krishan Kumar Chopra, medical practitioner and social worker, was born at Lahore. |
| 6/17/1928 |
Pandit Gop Bandhu Das, famous writer, social worker and the creator of Orissa, passed away. |
| 6/17/1933 |
The civil disobedience campaign ended. |
| 6/17/1947 |
Burma was adopted as republic by constitution assembly. |
| 6/17/1950 |
Syed Wazir Ali, cricketer (7 Tests for India), passed away. |
| 6/17/1961 |
The HF-24 Marut supersonic fighter, designed by German engineer Kurt Tank, makes its maiden flight. |
| 6/17/1965 |
Motilal, famous actor, died. |
| 6/17/1973 |
Leander Vece Paes, tennis player who singles bronze at Atlanta Olympics (1996), was born. He was also a winner of French Open in 1999, Gold Flake Open, Newport 1998, Wimbledon 1999 (doubles and mixed doubles). |
| 6/17/1976 |
Montreal Olympics opens. |
| 6/17/1991 |
Bharat Ratna, India's highest award, was given to Rajiv Gandhi (Posthumous) (1944-1991). |
| 6/17/1991 |
Bharat Ratna, India's highest award, was given to Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel (Posthumous) (1875-1950). |
| 6/17/1991 |
Congress and its allies secure absolute majority in Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Haryana Assemblies. |
| 6/17/1991 |
Prabhakar Machve, famous litterateur, passed away. |
| 6/17/1993 |
Congress (I) working committee reaffirms its faith in Rao; BJP asks for PM's resignation . |
| 6/17/1993 |
K. D. Dharmadhikari (Nana), veteran freedom fighter, died. |
| 6/17/1994 |
Twelve opposition legislators in Sikkim resign. |
| 6/17/1995 |
Motilal Vohra, UP Governor, sets agenda for a two-day special session of the UP Assembly asking the speaker to take up a motion against self first. |
| 6/17/1996 |
Balasahab Devras, Sarsangha Chalak of Rashtriya Sawyamsewak Sangh, died. |
| 6/17/2000 |
Danial Latifi (83), well known jurist and senior Supreme Court advocate, died of cancer in New Delhi. |
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| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 8/1/2000 | One hundred people of Kinnaur, Shimla and Mandi districts of HP die following flash floods in the Sutlej river. |
| 12/27/1992 | The Central government decides to acquire the disputed area in Ayodhya. |
| 5/21/1996 | M.S. Sushama Dande (Shiv Sena) elected first woman mayor of New Mumbai along with Savitri Patil (Shiv Sena) as Deputy Mayor. |
| 5/10/1985 | P. N. Bhagawati appointed Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. |
| 1/2/1960 | Raman Lamba, cricketer (Indian opening batsman 1986-87), was born in Meerut. |
| 5/20/1957 | Tanguturi Prakasam, great lawyer, journalist, nationalist, politician, social reformer, leader and former Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh, passed away at Hyderabad. |
| 5/20/1957 | Nasiru'd-din Muhammad Shah I passed away. His son-in-law Ghiyasu'd-din Balban succeeded Nasiru'd-din Mahmud in Delhi. |
| 5/18/1901 | Nibaran Chandra Chakrabarti, great poet and Hindi writer, was born in Brahmangaon, (Dacca). |
| 11/3/1605 | Salim renamed himself as Jahangir and became the king of Agra. |
| 1/15/1966 | The Indian Air Force achieved equal status with the Army and possessed in excess of 70,000 personnel and was nearing its 45-squadron goal. Its composition in the autumn of 1968 included 23 fighter category squadrons, three tactical bomber squadrons, a maritime patrol squadron (with ex-Air India L. 1049G Super Constellations), 11 transport squadrons, four AOP squadrons, a number of helicopter units and a few SAM squadrons. |
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