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Historical Event on 6/17/1976

Montreal Olympics opens.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/14/1933Gandhi declares one-year moratorium on civil disobedience in India.
8/22/1993V P Singh leaves Delhi on a self-imposed exile vowing not to return until the government implemented job reservation for backward classes.
11/30/1988Cyclone lashes Bangladesh, Eastern India; 317 killed.
1/25/1992Bharat Ratna, India's highest award, was given to Jehangir Ratanji Dadabhai Tata (1904-1993).
12/16/1994Pratap Singh Rane of Congress (I) takes oath of office.
4/14/1952Three integrated Railway Zones, Northern, North Eastern and Eastern inaugurated.
4/14/1952Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan was born.
5/27/1906Gandhiji writes to his brother Lakshimidas, stating his disinterestedness in worldly possessions.
3/12/1992A devastating wave of car-bomb explosions killed an estimated 300 people and injured hundreds more today in the large western Indian port city of Bombay. The first blast ripped through the city's stock exchange building, and minutes later a dozen slightly less powerful explosions rocked the bustling city center.The bomb attacks appeared to have been part of a carefully planned operation.The devices were clearly meant to cause maximum loss of life and damage to property.
7/7/196294 people died in an Italian DC-8 air crash near Bombay.