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Historical Event on 1/17/1987

Tata Football Academy was opened in Tatanagar.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/16/1788Maratha's crowned Shahaalam as king of Delhi.
11/7/1862Bahadurshah Jafar -II died at Rangoon in British prision.
11/21/1963First sounding rocket launched from Thumba Equatorial Rocket Launching Station (TERLS). Thus started India's space programme.
12/28/1983Gavaskar achieves his 30th century beating Bradman's 29.
5/28/199613-day-old BJP-led minority coalition govt. headed by A.B. Vajpayee quits at the end of a two-day debate on a motion of confidence.
8/26/1914Bengali revolutionaries looted 46,000 bullet ammunition and pistols from Calcutta Port for their revolutionary activities.
4/20/2000A full bench of the Madras High Court quashes the Tamil Nadu Government order making Tamil (or mother tongue) as the compulsory medium of instruction in all schools in the State up to Standard V.
8/18/1985Assam Assembly dissolved (18).
2/18/1946Cabinet Mission in India.
3/27/1997Punjab men and Railway women win National volleyball league in Tiruppur.