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Historical Event on 8/17/1970

The first microwave link, which was set up without foreign assistance, was commissioned between Asansol, Dhanbad and Ranchi.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/26/1985Rajiv Gandhi and Pakistan President Zia-ul-Haq meet in Delhi and agree not to attack nuclear plants in each other's country.
7/24/1989A majority of opposition members in Lok Sabha resign on the issue of C & AG report on Bofors gun deal.
11/22/1873Leopold CMS Amery, British minister of Colonies (India), was born.
7/22/19961996-97 budget presented to Parliament by Finance Minister P. Chidambaram.
2/19/1994IRBM Agni Missile test fired successfully for the third time.
1/2/1994India and Pakistan resume talks after a gap of 16 months.
6/8/1948Malabar Princess', Air India's first international flight, takes off from Bombay to London via Cairo and Geneva. This was weekly air service was started between India to United Kingdom.
3/28/1996JKLF declared unlawful by central govt.
9/29/1971Cyclone & tidal wave off Bay of Bengal kills as many as 10,000 people.
1/9/1889Dr. Vrindavanlal Varma, famous Hindi writer and social reformer, was born in Jhansi. He mainly wrote historical and social novels, most famouse being ""Mriganainee"".