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Historical Event on 6/17/1995
Motilal Vohra, UP Governor, sets agenda for a two-day special session of the UP Assembly asking the speaker to take up a motion against self first.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 8/23/1995 | First ever cellular phone service begins in Calcutta. |
| 12/23/1995 | The crew of the seized aircraft in Bombay confess dropping of arms at Purulia. |
| 3/27/1898 | Syed Ahmad Khan, great social reformer, educationist, journalist, leader and one of the most eminent builders of Modern India, passed away at Aligarh. |
| 9/16/1916 | M. S. Subalaxmi, famous classical singer and Bharat Ratna awardee, was born. |
| 4/24/1918 | Durgaprasad Dhar, former Vice President of Planning Commission, was born. |
| 12/25/2000 | A. B. Vajpayee, Prime Minister, launches a Rs.60,000 crore ''Gram Sadak Yojana'' for linking all villages and the ""Antyodaya Anna Scheme'' for providing cheap foodgrains under the TPDS. |
| 7/4/1897 | Nanaksingh, famous Punjabi novelist, was born in a Hindu family in village Chak Hamid, Tehsil Dadan Khan, District Jhelum (now in Pakistan). |
| 1/9/1995 | Manipur Assembly removes Dr.H. Borobabu (Speaker) and suspends his membership until state election. |
| 7/3/1948 | H. M. S. Auchils was taken over by Indian Navy. |
| 7/24/1996 | Govt. decides to raise the ceiling on the maximum amount of retirement/death gratuity from Rs. 1 lakh to Rs. 2.50 lakhs. |
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