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Historical Event on 6/17/1991
Prabhakar Machve, famous litterateur, passed away.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 4/18/1992 | Russia suspends transfer of rocket technology to India. |
| 11/6/1998 | Koneru Humpy wins the World under-12 girls' chess title in Oropesa del Mar, Spain. Azharuddin becomes the highest run-getter (displacing Desmond Haynes, 8648 runs) in LOI history in the Coca Cola cup, Sharjah. |
| 11/6/1998 | Father Francis Xavier, Spanish founder of the Jesuits, 35, and three friends set sail from Lisbon, Portugal for Goa. They became the first Roman Catholic missionaries to travel to India. |
| 12/15/1951 | Scindia's SS Jal Pushpa launched. |
| 7/21/1977 | K.S. Hegde elected Lok Sabha Speaker. |
| 8/17/1997 | I K Gujral, Prime Minister, said that Queen Elizabeth should not go to Amritsar, scene of Jallianwalla Bagh massacre, during her visit to India in October. |
| 9/1/1965 | Pakistan launched Operation 'Grand Slam' in Chhamb sector aimed at Akhnoor in Jammu. Indians had battled Pakistanis in air and on ground at Kashmir. |
| 9/19/1960 | Sindhu River water-sharing settement was signed between India and Pakistan. |
| 12/28/1983 | Gavaskar achieves his 30th century beating Bradman's 29. |
| 7/7/1910 | 'Bharat History Research Mandal' was established. |
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