|
|
Historical Event on 6/17/1917
Krishan Kumar Chopra, medical practitioner and social worker, was born at Lahore.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 6/10/1832 | Edwin Arnold, English writer (Light of India), was born. |
| 11/28/1945 | Australia Services draw second Victory Test Cricket vs India at Calcutta. |
| 2/13/1991 | Surjit Singh Barnala resigns as Governor of Tamil Nadu. |
| 1/17/1997 | Government rules out granting dual citizenship to NRIs. |
| 5/19/1980 | Dr. Ramashankar Shukla 'Rasal', famous writer, passed away. |
| 8/5/1975 | The RSS, Anand Marg, Jamat-i-Islami, and 23 other organisations were banned. Parliament approved Conservation of Foreign Exchange and Prevention of Smuggling Activities Act (COFEPOSA). Maintenance of Internal Security Act (MISA) approved by the Parliament. |
| 8/15/1947 | Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru becomes the first Indian Prime Minister of free India. |
| 6/17/1887 | Dr. Kailas Nath Katju, freedom fighter, politician, leader and Governor of Orissa and West Bengal, was born. |
| 11/18/1727 | Maharaja Jai Singh-II of Amber laid the stone of Jaipur City. Vidyadhar Chakravarty of Bengal was the architect of the first planned city in India. |
| 6/25/1932 | India played their first official test match on the ground of Lords against England. |
|
![]()
|
|
|
