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Historical Event on 6/17/1993
K. D. Dharmadhikari (Nana), veteran freedom fighter, died.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 2/8/1943 | Subhashchandra Bose started his journey to Japan from Kiel along with his secretary Major Abid Hassan in a submarine. |
| 12/26/1989 | Keshav Shankar Pillai, international fame cartoonist, painter, writer and Padma Bhushan awardee, passed away. |
| 4/22/1993 | Air India engineers call off their 56-day-old strike. |
| 4/22/1993 | Mahaprabhu Sri Chaitanya Devji alias Gaurang, Vishwambhar Mishra, Vaishnav Saint of Bengal, was born at Nabadwip in Bengal. |
| 1/30/1905 | Pitamber Das, social reformer and politician, was born at Mowana, U.P. |
| 12/28/2000 | India, Russia sign their biggest yet defence deal for licensed production of the Sukhoi-30 MKI fighter jets worth $3 billion. |
| 2/3/1928 | Simon Commission comes to India under Lord Irwin, after which serious rioting started on his arrival. |
| 9/12/1627 | Ibrahim Adilshah died. |
| 5/21/1975 | The 26-mile feeder canal from Farakka to the Bhagirathi river dedicated to the nation. |
| 8/13/1997 | The contentious women's reservation bill put on the back burner with PM Gujral saying govt. would not push through such a major social legislation until there was a consensus on it. |
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