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Historical Event on 8/17/1911

Y.R. Lokurkar, senior journalist, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/11/1997Sadhana Mukherjee, a sex-worker from Calcutta, represents India at the first international conference on prostitution beginning in Los Angeles.
12/31/196199 Infantry Brigade Group, under Brigadier K S Raja, launched operations in Katanga province and regained full control of Katanga amidst stiff resistance offered by a break away faction (Katangese gendarmerie).
1/19/1839Aden conquered by British East India Company.
8/1/1997Viswanathan Anand wins the Credit Suisse Masters chess tournament in Beil.
2/13/1991Muslim League leaves the UDF in Kerala.
12/23/1913Gondhavalekar Maharaj, famous saint, died.
9/19/1704Guru Govind Singh died.
11/9/1999BJP asks Kalyan Singh to step down, chooses Ram Prakash Gupta as his successor.
11/12/1958Satyajit Ray gets the award for best direction at the San Francisco International Film Festival.
4/21/1990The first indigenously built missile cruiser boat, 'Vibhuti', was inaugurated and launched.