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Historical Event on 8/17/1997
I K Gujral, Prime Minister, said that Queen Elizabeth should not go to Amritsar, scene of Jallianwalla Bagh massacre, during her visit to India in October.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 1/20/1939 | Nalin Chandra Wickramasinghe, great Indian astronomer, was born. |
| 12/12/1971 | The first aerial victory was when MiG-21FLs of No. 47 Squadron shot down a PAF F-104 over the Gulf of Kutch and this was followed by three more victories in quick succession on 17 December, when MiG-21FLs of No. 29 Squadron escorting HF-24 Maruts, shot down intercepting F-104s near Uttarlai in the Rajasthan desert in gun-missile encounters, while a third F-104, on an intruding mission, was shot down by another MiG 21FL of No.29 Squadron. |
| 1/19/1992 | Manvendra Mukherji, famous singer and music director, passed away. |
| 5/8/1997 | India decides to import currency notes for the first time. |
| 10/5/1991 | Ramnath Goenka, journalist and founder chairman of the Indian Express Newspapers Group, died at the age of 87 years. |
| 7/13/1907 | Hari Vishnu Kamat, great politician, was born. |
| 2/9/1874 | Govind Tryambak Darekar, Marathi poet, was born. |
| 4/16/1934 | Ram Damodar Naik was born in Sangli (Maharashtra). |
| 9/22/1891 | Gangopadhyay Taraknath, famous novelist in Bengal, passed away. |
| 1/25/1983 | Telugu Desam swept to power in Andhra Pradesh. |
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