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Historical Event on 6/17/1991
Bharat Ratna, India's highest award, was given to Rajiv Gandhi (Posthumous) (1944-1991).
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 2/18/1975 | Yogesh Shyam, soccer(Football) player, was born. |
| 6/10/1966 | MIG aeroplanes were designed at Nashik. |
| 5/9/1998 | Playback singer Talat Mehmood, 75, passed away in Mumbai. |
| 8/18/1990 | Pandit Narayan Chaturvedi, senior Hindi litterateur, died. |
| 4/1/1987 | Bureau of Indian Standards was changed to Indian Standards Institution. |
| 5/2/1954 | Ceylon Asian conference ends with plea for peace in Indo-China, end of atomic tests and condemnation of colonialism. |
| 6/8/1998 | A Disaster Management Cell (DMC) under the direct command of the Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief, South Western Air Command, was set up at the Command Operations Room to liaise with the State Government and initiate necessary actions. All aircrafts were evacuated from IAF bases at Jamnagar, Bhuj and Naliya and flown to pre-determined destinations. In this meticulously planned and smoothly executed drill, more than 60 aircrafts (including helicopters) were flown out. |
| 5/7/1990 | Government of India bans strikes in any service in any oil field or refinery under the Essential Services Maintenance Act. |
| 1/1/1998 | The Election Commission announces the poll schedule for the 12th Lok Sabha. The polling will be on February 16, 22, 28 and March 7. Simultaneously, elections are to be held for the Meghalaya, Tripura, Nagaland, Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh Assemblies. |
| 12/14/1901 | Gandhiji reaches Rajkot via Porbunder. |
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