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Historical Event on 7/17/1996
Madras to be known as 'Chennai' henceforth.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 1/20/1879 | Raghunath Chaudhary, famous Assamia nature poet, was born. |
| 12/23/1977 | Harvinder Singh, great Indian ODI pace-bowler (1997), was born. |
| 6/4/1926 | Dalai Lama introduces a tax on ears for Tibetans to equip the army. Those with only one ear will pay half the tax. |
| 12/8/1879 | Jatindranath Mukherjee (Jatin Bagha), famous revolutionary, was born in Jessore. |
| 8/9/1997 | Sonia Gandhi addresses Congress plenary session at Calcutta. |
| 3/13/1940 | Michael O' Dyer, former Governor of Punjab, was shot by Udham Singh in Caxton Hall at point-blank range in full view of a large gathering in London. |
| 1/1/1909 | Dattaram Dharmaji Hindlekar, cricketer (Indian batsman & wicket-keeper 1936-46), was born in Bombay. |
| 9/16/1977 | Kesarbai Kerkar, famous classical singer, died in Bombay. |
| 11/5/1995 | Common Guidance test flight of Trishul successful. |
| 1/29/1994 | Air India and Indian Airlines converted into companies. |
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