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Historical Event on 6/17/1674

Jijabai, mother of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, died.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/7/1997Mahesh Bhupathi becomes the first Indian to win a Grand Slam title when he and Japan's Rika Hiraki claim the mixed doubles.
6/12/1975Allahabad court voids Indira Gandhi's election as premier, citing corruption at New Delhi.
9/29/2000India loses to Britain in the play off for the fifth and sixth places in the hockey match at the Sydney Olympics.
7/12/1864Vishvanath Kashinath Rajwade, great Historian, was born.
9/24/1726King George empowered the company to establish Municipal Corporation and Mayor s Courts in Bombay and Calcutta.
12/25/1936Ismail Merchant, producer (Householder), was born in Bombay, India.
7/2/1999In Jammu and Kashmir, nine people are killed by unidentified militants.
5/1/1966Marathi becomes the official language of Maharashtra.
10/11/1999Atal Behari Vajpayee is appointed Prime Minister. Two-tier ministry likely.
10/12/1967National Conference, the Working Committee of Jammu and Kashmir, unanimously passed the proposal to a permanent merger of the state with India.