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Historical Event on 1/17/1993
LTTE commander Sadasivan Krishnakumar alias Kittu was killed in a ship blaze off Madras coast.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 8/4/1936 | Indian Government Act was approved by the king. |
| 10/22/1947 | There were bound to be difficulties in consolidating the loosely federated Indian provinces, princely states, etc. into one homogeneous whole state. Kashmir, after initial dithering, acceded to India voluntarily and by popular consent, then, was invaded by Pakistani tribesmen with the support of the Pakistani government. |
| 5/16/1975 | Sikkim annexed principality and was declared as the 22nd state of Indian Union. |
| 5/9/1998 | Playback singer Talat Mehmood, 75, passed away in Mumbai. |
| 4/29/1957 | The National Civil Defence College was founded at Nagpur as the Central Emergency Relief Training Institute (CERTI). It functions as the training wing of the Emergency Relief Organisation of the Government of India. |
| 10/21/1906 | Gandhiji went to England till Nov 30 on deputation to present Indians' case to Colonial Secretary. |
| 11/7/1971 | India admits forces entered Bangladesh to silence artillery. |
| 10/12/1998 | Sushma Swaraj is sworn in Delhi Chief Minister in place of Mr. Sahib Singh Verma |
| 7/2/1929 | Amritlal Basu, famous Bengali playwright, died. |
| 5/12/1998 | Bill Clinton, US President, asks India to sign the CTBT. |
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