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Historical Event on 1/17/1989

Colonel J. K. Bajaj was the first Indian to reach the geographic South Pole.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/24/1998India wins the Coca Cola Cup at Sharjah, beating Australia by six wickets in the final.
3/30/1988Tamil Nadu beat Railways by an innings and 144 runs to win Ranji Trophy.
10/13/1999Atal Krishna Bihari Vajpayee became the Prime Minister of India.
12/28/1995Third Indian Remote Sensing Satellite (IRS-1C), carring advanced remote sensing cameras was launched by Russian Molniya launch vehicle. It is still in service.
6/23/1984An Air-India jumbo jet plunged into the Atlantic Ocean near Ireland today, killing all 329 people on board. Indian officials said the crash apparently was caused by a bomb placed aboard the jetliner by a Sikh extremist group as retaliation for an army raid.
7/31/1938Khalid Anwer Ansari, social worker, was born.
7/1/1862Calcutta High Court was established for West Bengal and Andaman & Nicobar Islands. This Court has a Circuit Bench at Port Blair.
8/15/1947Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru becomes the first Indian Prime Minister of free India.
4/1/1947Gandhiji addresses Asian Relations Conference in Delhi.
10/3/1997Devi Lal floats a new party 'Haryana Lok Dal'.
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