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Historical Event on 6/17/1961

The HF-24 Marut supersonic fighter, designed by German engineer Kurt Tank, makes its maiden flight.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/18/1972India becomes the top film producer of the world with 433 feature films made in 1971.
2/1/2000The Centre decides to place almost all items under the automatic approval route for foreign direct investment and NRI and OCB investments.
9/9/1872Sarladevi Chaudharani, Bengali poet, was born.
10/4/1992D. M. Sutar, freedom fighter and senior journalist, died.
3/15/1983Karnataka beat Bombay in 1st innings to win cricket Ranji Trophy.
1/17/1933Aga Khan, religious leader (Muslims), was born.
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3/4/1927Dr. Laxminarayan Lal was born.
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5/28/1970All India Trade Union Congress was divided.