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Historical Event on 6/17/1917
Krishan Kumar Chopra, medical practitioner and social worker, was born at Lahore.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 9/29/1964 | 1,000 people were killed as a reservoir burst. |
| 10/3/1890 | Laxminarayan Sahu, litterateur, journalist and social reformer, was born. |
| 7/5/1992 | Bahadur Prasad at London sets record for 3000m in 7.56.74. |
| 4/19/1976 | Maharshi Dayanand University established in Haryana. |
| 3/4/1990 | Sunderlal Patwa (BJP) and D. Ramachandran (DMK) named CM's of Madhya Pradesh and Pondicherry respectively. |
| 1/10/1912 | Prodosh Kusum Das Gupta, great artist and professor, was born at Dacca, Bangladesh. |
| 2/2/1958 | Family tradition still counts for something in Indian politics. Indira Gandhi, the only daughter of Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru and the granddaughter of a statesman, has been elected president of the Congress party in India. Mrs. Gandhi will be installed into her new office next Sunday, and her job is not expected to be an easy one. The Congress party has been wracked by internal dissension and has been on the verge of collapse. It is hoped that Mrs. Gandhi, who is 41, will breath some new life into the party. Most of the politicians who have been arguing about the future of their party and country are fairly old. Mrs. Gandhi, who is known for her leftist sentiments, is expected to act quickly to put her own mark on party policies. |
| 4/4/1926 | Martial law is declared in Calcutta as rioting continues. |
| 4/7/1929 | England's Imperial Airways had extended its flight to London-Karachi instead of London-Kahira. It was the first commercial air service in undivided India. |
| 4/19/1960 | Meeting of Afro-Asian Conference at New Delhi. |
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