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Historical Event on 6/17/1994
Twelve opposition legislators in Sikkim resign.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 8/10/1942 | Manju Bala Patil was shot on the road at Mumbai by the British Police. |
| 7/18/1695 | Joannes Camphuys, Governal General of Dutch-Indies, died at the age of 61. |
| 8/15/2000 | Atal Bihari Vajpayee, Prime Minister, says in his Independence Day address, ""Borders cannot be redrawn either in the name of religion or on the strength of the sword"". |
| 10/30/1997 | Kerala Kaumudi's Kannur edition and Internet edition begin. |
| 7/21/1891 | Jairamdas Doulatram, great leader, journalist and freedom fighter, was born at Karachi. |
| 5/7/1973 | Shivkumar Batalvi, famous Punjabi poet, died. |
| 2/3/1954 | More than 500 pilgrims died in an accident on the river bank at the ""Kumbha Mela"" in Allahabad. |
| 6/8/1998 | A Disaster Management Cell (DMC) under the direct command of the Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief, South Western Air Command, was set up at the Command Operations Room to liaise with the State Government and initiate necessary actions. All aircrafts were evacuated from IAF bases at Jamnagar, Bhuj and Naliya and flown to pre-determined destinations. In this meticulously planned and smoothly executed drill, more than 60 aircrafts (including helicopters) were flown out. |
| 8/25/1960 | Olympics opened at Rome. |
| 10/6/1963 | Baba Kharak Singh, freedom fighter and grand old man of Punjab, died. |
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