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Historical Event on 3/17/1987

Sunil Gavaskar ends his Test career with an innings of 96 v Pak.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/4/1924Shyam Lal Gupt 'Parshad' wrote the song 'Jhanda Ooncha Rahe Hamara'.
11/13/1901War Secretary Brodrick claimed that Boers were killing natives in large numbers. He intended to withdraw troops from India to fight in S. Africa at London.
4/20/2000A full bench of the Madras High Court quashes the Tamil Nadu Government order making Tamil (or mother tongue) as the compulsory medium of instruction in all schools in the State up to Standard V.
9/30/1996Centre gives its consent to Tamil Nadu government's decision to rename Madras as Chennai.
4/15/1883Narhar Raghunath Phatak, famous journalist and historian, was born.
1/9/1995Manipur Assembly removes Dr.H. Borobabu (Speaker) and suspends his membership until state election.
5/16/1946Gandhiji's Cabinet Mission announces Plan.
7/11/1964M C Chagla, Union Minister of Education, turns the first sod for the foundation of the 4 ft tunnel.
1/18/1950Batubhai Umarwadia, father of Gujrati literature's English type and drama writer, passed away.
4/28/1848Utkal Gourab Madhusudan Das was born in Calcutta district in Orissa.