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Historical Event on 6/17/1887

Dr. Kailas Nath Katju, freedom fighter, politician, leader and Governor of Orissa and West Bengal, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/25/1997180mw Lower Periyar Hydroelectric Project in Kerala commissioned after 13 long years.
5/8/1963Centenary of Indian Red Cross was celebrated. Today is birthday of its founder.
3/7/1998A. B. Vajpayee is elected leader of the BJP Parliamentary Party.
5/31/1981First developmental launch of SLV-3, Rohini (RS-D1) placed in orbit. It was used for conducting some remote sensing technology studies using a landmark sensor payload.
1/10/1979Anand Gopal Shauri, litterateur and journalist, passed away.
5/11/1985Fifteen hundred people were arrested in Sikh violence.
7/5/1994Vaikom Mohammed Basheer, 86, Malayalam literary genius, died in Beypore in Kerala.
2/3/1997Major fire reduces Calcutta Book Fair to ashes.
11/3/1997India presents G-15 with agenda for a fair deal in Kuala Lumpur. India calls upon Group of 15 developing countries to ""build convergences among nations and encourage G-7 to pursue structured and issue-based dialogue with us'
12/28/1952Arun Jaitley, son of Maharaj Kishan Jaitley, was born in New Delhi.