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Historical Event on 6/17/1996

Balasahab Devras, Sarsangha Chalak of Rashtriya Sawyamsewak Sangh, died.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/8/1972Sourav Chandidas Ganguly, cricketer (centuries in 1st two Tests for India 1996), was born in Calcutta.
5/27/1948The trial of nine men accused of assassination of Gandhi before a special court judge at the Red Fort. The trial ended on 30th Dec.
6/7/1999Supreme Court, through an interim order, stayed the execution of the four accused in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case till July 19, 1999.
7/10/1984White Paper on Punjab released by Union Government.
6/5/1999The Army releases documents seized from three Pakistani soldiers in the Batalik sector to substantiate its claim that Pakistan regulars are involved in the Kargil conflict.
9/1/1947Indian Standard Time was adopted.
5/16/1994Phani Mujumdar, veteran film producer and director, passed away.
1/6/1979Rohini-200, first monsoon experimental rocket, launched from Thumba.
4/30/1958Shiekh Abdulla taken into custody.
3/31/1986Bombay Telephone Nigam renamed as Mahanagar Telephone Nigam.