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Historical Event on 3/17/1985

Dattu Phadkar, cricketer (Indian all-rounder, 31 Tests 1947-58), passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/30/1994Kapil Dev equals Richard Hadlee's world record of 431 Test wickets.
7/25/1992K. Madhavan, CBI Jt. Director looking into the security scam, resigns.
6/5/1993Unlawful Activities (prevention) Tribunal headed by Justice P N Nagi upholds the ban on Islamic Sevak Sangh.
8/27/1781Haider Ali and the Britishers fought the battle of Pallilore.
8/27/1781Muhammad Tughluq Shah II passed away at Sindh.
12/3/1971Third Pakistani aggression begins with air attacks on airports in the western sector; emergency declared.
7/31/1997Election Commission agrees to grant national party status to Bahujan Samaj Party but asks it to give up its election symbol--elephant.
6/20/1992The JD and the NF choose former Lok Sabha Dy Speaker Prof. G. G. Swell as the Presidential candidate.
4/13/1988Mother Teresa asks Margret Thatcher for help to set up a hostel for London's elderly homeless in UK.
7/31/1919Hemchandra ""Hemu"" Ramchandra Adhikari, cricketer (right-handed batsman 1947-59), was born in Baroda.