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Historical Event on 6/17/1991

Prabhakar Machve, famous litterateur, passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/26/1886Godavarish Mishra, famous Orria poet, playwright and patriot, was born.
11/14/1998Prominent Indian Government and private entities are targeted in the Clinton Administration Entities List. American Companies are barred from trading with the listed companies.
6/22/1993The centre bans the use of 12 pesticides.
10/1/1854Postal stamp introduced in India. These lithographed stamps were of denominations of half anna and one anna. These stamps bore the Head of Queen Victoria with India at top and value at bottom. The half anna stamp was printed between May 5 to July 29 and printing of one anna stamp commenced on July 26.
10/1/1886Baluchisthan became a part of India.
1/26/199921 dalits are gunned down by the Ranbit Sena in Jahanabad district in Bihar.
11/1/1990JD Government in Gujarat, headed by Chimanbhai Patel, defeats no-confidence motion with Congress (I) support.
9/11/1888Henry Heras, famous artist and an active member of the Indian Historical Records Commission, was born in Barcelona, Spain.
11/12/1984Rajiv Gandhi elected Congress (I) President.
12/10/1945Aust Services lose third Victory Test Cricket to India by 6 wkts.