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Historical Event on 9/17/1938

Dilip Purushottam Chitre, famous Marathi poet, story writer, critic and Sahitya Academy awardee, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/15/1991General Election (10th) of India ends. In this election Indian National Congress won.
5/13/1946Sarwate and Banerjee add 249 runs for the 10th wkt stand for Indians v Surrey.
2/4/1953Indo-Pak talk on Kashmir opened under Dr. Graham in Geneva.
7/15/1948Establishment of 'PEPS' (Patiyala and East Punjab States Union).
11/27/1998India retains the Asia Cup tennis championship in Delhi beating Uzbekistan 2-1 in the final.
11/8/1947Junagadh accedes to India. Addresses A.I.C.C.
7/12/1980Congress (I) gets absolute majority in Rajya Sabha.
3/28/1978Nafisa Joseph, Miss India Universe (1997), was born.
5/15/1729Khanderao Dabhade, great warrior in Maratha kingdom, passed away.
10/3/2000Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee buys peace with the Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee by agreeing to a partial rollback of the hike in prices of petroleum products.