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Historical Event on 11/17/1994
Dr. Harbhajan Singh, Punjabi poet, wins Saraswati Samman.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 3/26/1993 | Surajkund AICC okays dual posts for Narasimha Rao. |
| 10/11/1737 | A violent earthquake and cyclone hit Calcutta which claimed 3,00,000 lives. |
| 11/8/2000 | Queen Ingrid (90), Denmark's Swedish born queen mother and great-grand daughter of Britain's Queen Victoria, died in Copenhagen. |
| 6/13/1731 | Swedish East India Company was formed. For 15 years King Fredrick of Sweden gave the Company a charter. |
| 12/28/1951 | Recognition to Libya by India accorded. |
| 5/27/1906 | Gandhiji writes to his brother Lakshimidas, stating his disinterestedness in worldly possessions. |
| 8/1/1993 | Jananayak Debeswar Sarmah, great freedom fighter, architect and nationalist, died at Jorhat, Assam. |
| 12/15/1749 | Shahu Chattrapati, grandson of Shivaji, died. |
| 11/24/1881 | Ram Rachhpal, son of Sukhi Ram, called 'Chhotu', freedom fighter, politician and leader, was born in a 'Jat' famlily in a small village Garhi Sampla in Rohpak district. His life was a saga of sincere and ceaseless striving to improve the condition of the poor peasants in India, popularly known as 'Deenbandhu'. |
| 4/18/1914 | Jamshedji R. Patel, cricket Test Umpire for 9 tests from 1948-59, was born in Mumbai. |
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