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Historical Event on 6/17/1903

Jyotiprasad Agarwal, Assamia playwright, poet and music director, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/20/1990Supreme Court stays Delhi High Court judge Justice Chawla's orders on the Bofors issue.
3/28/1996JKLF declared unlawful by central govt.
1/22/1989DMK swept to power in Tamil Nadu Assembly election.
1/28/1999Central Zone won the Deodhar Trophy, defeating South in their final in Agartala.
3/3/1943Gandhi breaks his hunger strike after 21 days.
10/13/1989Panchayati Raj and Nagarpalika Bills defeated in Rajya Sabha.
3/4/1858J. P. Walker, British Officer, along with 200 prisoners who were mainly from the Indian Sepoy Mutiny, sailed from Calcutta to start a new settlement in the Andaman Islands.
3/30/1993S. M. Pandit, famous painter, passed away.
2/19/1949Mass arrests of communists in India.
3/7/1961Govind Ballabh Pant passed away. He had served eight years as the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh. He was bestowed with Bharat Ratna in 1959.