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Historical Event on 1/17/1999

Madhya Pradesh won its maiden Wills Trophy championship, defeating Bengal in the final of the limited overs cricket championship in Calcutta.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/1/1882Savings Bank Postal system was introduced.
1/24/1958First international Film Festival started in Mumbai.
1/5/1995PM gives valedictory address at the 8th World Tamil Conference in Madurai.
3/27/1942Gandhiji meets Sir Stafford Cripps in New Delhi; later declares Cripps proposals to be a ""post-dated cheque"".
3/27/1942Saint Chokhoba passed away.
1/23/1978The motto ""Shastra se Shakti"" (Strength though arms) in Hindi written in Devengiri script was approved by the President of India as the motto of the Army Ordnance Corps.The original corps motto of the Ordnance corps was ""Usa Tela Tananti"" found in the arms of the board of Ordnance. This was translated to mean ""To the thunder his arms"". The corps song titled ""Ayudh Corps Mahan"" was introduced for the first time in 4th re-union of the Army Ordnance Corps. The song is to be played or sung ""within unit lines only"", during purely Regimental functions.
6/6/1986Militant Sikhs in Amritsar call for the murder of Surjit Singh Barnala, Chief Minister of Punjab and J.F. Ribeiro, the Chief of Police.
10/16/1978Test debut of Kapil Dev, India vs Pakistan, at Faisalabad.
10/18/1901Mahatma Gandhi sails for India.
1/5/1671Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj captured the 'Salher' fort from Mughals.