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Historical Event on 2/17/1991

Krishnabai Mote, famous author and social worker, passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/30/1986Sikhs hijack bus, killing 24 at Punjab.
11/22/1993Gulshen Ahmed, Himachal Governor, resigns in the wake of an official report that he canvassed for his son in Satna.
12/16/2000Indian Airlines wins the 60th National Hockey championship in Jammu.
10/9/1963Saifuddin Azizuddin Kitchlew, freedom fighter, President of Punjab and the first Indian to win the Lenin Award for International Peace, died.
11/12/1999A 50-member BJP ministry led by Ram Prakash Gupta is sworn in Uttar Pradesh.
8/10/1927Manali Kallat Vainu Bappu, first Indian astronomer, litterateur and Urdu poet, was born at Madras.
6/10/194277 Mountain Brigade was raised at Sagar, Madhya Pradesh.
4/19/1995Rajendra Kumari Bajpai appointed the Lt. Governor of Pondichery.
11/15/1989Test debut of Sachin Tendulkar and Waqar Yunus at Karachi.
1/28/1865Lala Lajpat Rai 'Punjab Kesari', great valiant freedom fighter, social reformer, humanitarian and lawyer, was born in Dhudike village of Ferozepur district, Punjab.