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Historical Event on 6/17/1994

Twelve opposition legislators in Sikkim resign.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/4/1999A batch of 1,690 Indian soldiers leave for Sierra Leone to join the U.N. Mission to implement the peace accord.
6/5/1994Shakti Singh at Bangalore sets record for DT in 61.72.
6/29/1908Pratapsing Gaekwad, Prince of Baroda, was born.
7/18/1992Kanandevi, famous Bengali actress, passed away.
12/24/2000Viswanathan Anand becomes the first Asian to win a world chess title in the world chess championship in Taheran.
3/30/1999Services regained team title in the national boxing championship in Visakhapatnam.
3/30/1999Malik Kafur, Alauddin Khilji's Commander, won the impregnable fort of Devgiri. The fort was entered by the enemy. Raja Ramdeva was taken prisoner and sent to Delhi where Alauddin recieved him untill his death in 1312.
12/6/2000Bishop Vinod Peter, National Christian Council of India president and church of North India moderator, and Rajasthan CNI Bishop Gerald Andrews die in a car accident near Jodhpur in Rajasthan.
5/6/1922Chhatrapati Rajarshi Shahu, great revolutionary, freedom fighter and social reformer of Kolhapur, passed away at Bombay. He was 48.
1/1/1965This year was announced to be observed as the ""Year of International Co-operation"".