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Historical Event on 6/17/1913
Waman Vasudev Chitle (Bal Chitle), Marathi story writer and editor, was born.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 7/8/1907 | Elphinstone Picture Palace was started by Jamshedji F. Madan at Calcutta. |
| 11/16/1995 | The Pension scheme ordinance for 18 million Provident Fund subscribers takes effect with an initial corpus of Rs. 85.00 billion. |
| 9/3/1931 | Kanhaiya Prasad Sharan, politician, journalist and social worker, was born at Muzaffapur, Bihar. |
| 2/2/1982 | Mohanlal Purushottamdas Sukhadia, Chief Minister of Rajasthan, freedom fighter, passed away. He was the Chief Minister of Rajasthan from 1954-1971. He introduced Panchayati Raj in Rajasthan and worked for its industrialisation also. |
| 6/15/1969 | Dr. Darashaw Nosherwan Wadia, great pioneer in Indian Geology and professor in development of geo-scientific research in the country, passed away at New Delhi at the age of 86. |
| 1/2/1967 | University established at Berhampur in Orrisa State. |
| 1/18/1995 | The 4-nation non-official initiative on Arms Reduction and Disarmament concludes with Goa Declaration (also called Shanghai-II). |
| 12/20/1993 | Bangarappa expelled from Congress for 6 years. |
| 2/24/1922 | Kanwar Rai Singh, cricketer (batted at MCG Test for India 1948), was born in Darkati, Punjab. |
| 12/10/1999 | Pranab Mukherjee and Jaipal Reddy are chosen outstanding parliamentarians for 1997 and 1998 respectively. |
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