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Historical Event on 1/17/1993

LTTE commander Sadasivan Krishnakumar alias Kittu was killed in a ship blaze off Madras coast.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/27/1987P. T. Usha nominated the Asian Athlete of 1986 by the US Sports Academy (USA).
9/2/1946Jawaharlal Nehru, was sworn in as the Prime Minister of the Interim Government of Undivided india, against Partition.
12/21/1990Former Union Finance Secretary S. Venkatramanan appointed Governor of RBI. B. Rachaiah and Dr. Sarup Singh sworn in as Governors of Kerala and Gujarat respectively.
2/16/1997Tribal militants kill 21 persons in Tripura.
4/8/1894Lifetime of Swami Chandrashekarendra(1894-1994), venerated Shankaracharya saint of Kanchi monastery in South India.
10/19/1921Pandurangshastri Athvle, founder of 'Swadhyay Pariwar', was born.
6/20/1995Mayavati Government wins vote of confidence.
7/17/1948Govt. announced that all discriminations against women in matter of employment will be done away with and in future, women will be eligible for any public service including administrative sevice and police service.
3/28/1996JKLF declared unlawful by central govt.
3/14/1895Nihalsing Gurumukh, former Chief Minister of Delhi and Governer of Rajasthan, was born.