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Historical Event on 6/17/1950

Syed Wazir Ali, cricketer (7 Tests for India), passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/18/1999R. B. Sapre, India's first national chess champion, died in Mumbai.
10/23/1985Rajiv Gandhi went to New York for the 40th anniversary of the UN.
10/23/1985Muhammad Tughluq Shah II passed away at Sindh.
12/28/1996India all out for 66 at Durban after making 100 in the first innings of the game.
1/29/1979Tamil Nadu Expess, India's first Jumbo passenger train, was flagged off from New Delhi Railway Station for Madras.
11/9/1924Pandit C. R. Vyas, veteran singer, was born.
10/11/1991Resident Editor of Nagpur Times Ramnarayan Dube assassinated.
4/22/1993Air India engineers call off their 56-day-old strike.
12/6/1997Space shuttle Columbia's astronauts return to earth following a two-week science mission on an enquiry awaiting them because of botched satellite release. Columbia and its crew of six, including India-born Kalpana Chawla, swooped through a clear chilly sky and landed on runway at Kennedy Space Centre. Astronauts save runaway $10-million satellite by catching it with their hands.
2/12/1997Standard Bank tri-series final between India and South Africa abandoned due to rain.