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Historical Event on 6/17/1887
Dr. Kailas Nath Katju, freedom fighter, politician, leader and Governor of Orissa and West Bengal, was born.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 3/16/1993 | Central government introduces pension scheme for 170 million EPF subscribers. |
| 6/21/1991 | P. V. Narasimha Rao was sworn in as the ninth Prime Minister of India. He reimained in this office till May 16, 1996. He formed a 54-member ministry in the 10th Parliament. |
| 3/9/1951 | Ustad Zakir Hussain, famous Tabla player, was born. |
| 5/4/1993 | Santosh Yadav became the first Indian woman to conquer the Everest twice. |
| 1/30/1948 | Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, the spiritual leader of Indian independence, was shot and killed by a Hindu extremist. The 78-year-old Gandhi was shot at point-blank range as he was walking through a garden to a pergola, where he was to deliver his daily prayer meeting. |
| 5/7/1912 | Pannalal Patel, great Gujrati novelist and story writer, was born. |
| 8/26/1996 | Supreme Court asks Harshad Mehta to pay Rs. 217 crore to the Income Tax department. |
| 1/3/1975 | Lalit Narayan Mishra, great freedom fighter, politician, leader, member of the Lok Sabha and Minister of Railways, died at a Railway Hospital in Danapur due to a bomb blast at Samastipur Railway Station a day earlier. |
| 8/7/1980 | Mother Teresa visits the poor in Bronx at New York. |
| 5/14/1923 | Narayan Ganesh Chandavarkar, one of the founder members of Indian Congress and social reformer, passed away. |
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