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Historical Event on 3/17/1994
Wali Mohammad Itto, former Speaker of J&K Assembly shot dead by militants.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 1/1/1989 | Dinkar Sakrikar, editor of monthly magzine 'Purva' and socialist, passed away. |
| 1/28/1925 | Raja Ramanna, fourth President of Indian Atomic Energy Commission, was born. |
| 10/15/1961 | Suryakant Tripathi 'Nirala', famous Hindi poet, writer, editor, social worker and litterateur, died in Allahabad. |
| 3/2/1994 | President's rule in J & K extended. |
| 4/20/2000 | A full bench of the Madras High Court quashes the Tamil Nadu Government order making Tamil (or mother tongue) as the compulsory medium of instruction in all schools in the State up to Standard V. |
| 4/1/1933 | Indian Air Force was established at Drigh Road in Karachi (now in Pakistan). Subroto Mukherjee and four other officers were inducted as pilots when the first Indian Air Force Squadron was formed. The first aircraft flight joined the Indian Air Force, at that time it possessed a strength of six RAF-trained officers and 19 Havai Sepoys (literally, air soldiers); its aircraft inventory comprised four Westland Wapiti II. A army co-operation biplaned at Drigh Road as the ""A"" Flight nucleus of the planned No.1 (Army Co-operation) Squadron. |
| 7/13/1930 | Swarup Kishan Reu, cricket test umpire for 17 tests from 1978-85, was born in Delhi and was honoured by Padmashree in 1986. He joins the record of umpiring most Tests for India. |
| 6/1/1786 | Madras General Post Office started functioning. |
| 6/19/1990 | 13 Sri Lankan Tamils, including EPRLF Secretary General Padmanabha, were shot dead in Madras reportedly by LTTE men. |
| 11/25/1890 | Radheshyam, famous stage, film actor and director, was born. |
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