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Historical Event on 6/17/1991

Bharat Ratna, India's highest award, was given to Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel (Posthumous) (1875-1950).

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/18/2000Ram Vilas Paswan, Union Communications Minister, announces relief for phone users. New links to cost Rs. 2,000 in urban areas and Rs. 500 in rural areas.
8/26/1997Commander of Uri sector Brigadier Jasbir Singh Lidder and another senior army officer have a narrow escape as Pakistani troops fire on their cavalcade at Chakori near LOC in J&K.
1/27/1995K.V. Krishna Rao, J&K Governor, gets another term.
11/3/1984Body of assassinated Indian PM Indira Gandhi cremated.
6/1/1944Liladhar Jagudi, well known Hindi poet, passed away.
10/16/1999Geet Sethi bagged the Fred Davis award as the "Billiards Player of the Year 1998-99'
10/16/1999Babur reached to his capital Agra after winning Bengal.
10/17/1915Virendra Kumar Jain, great Hindi writer, was born in Mandsaur.
3/4/1990Sunderlal Patwa (BJP) and D. Ramachandran (DMK) named CM's of Madhya Pradesh and Pondicherry respectively.
5/1/1977Janata Party was established.