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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
5/31/1981First developmental launch of SLV-3, Rohini (RS-D1) placed in orbit. It was used for conducting some remote sensing technology studies using a landmark sensor payload.
10/20/1947First battle between India and Pakistan.
1/30/1993Congress (I) MLA in Andhra Pradesh P. Balaraju and eight officials kidnapped by the outlawed People's War Group in Visakhapatnam district.
6/8/1998Sani Abacha, 54, Nigerian President, died in Abuja of heart attack.
11/9/1924Pandit C. R. Vyas, veteran singer, was born.
5/2/1907Riots break out in Rawalpindi and East Bengal, spreading to the Punjab.
10/16/1959National Council of Women's Education was inaugurated in New Delhi.
5/11/1991Naxalities in Andhra abduct P. Sudhir Kumar, son of the former Union Minister Shiv Shankar.
7/14/196985 persons were killed when a freight train collided with a passanger train near Jaipur.
8/1/1997Lt. Gen. Ved Prakash Malik to be next chief of Army staff. Gen. Shankar Roy Chowdhury retires on September 30.