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Historical Event on 11/17/1994

Dr. Harbhajan Singh, Punjabi poet, wins Saraswati Samman.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/21/1974Inssatvahana, the first establishment to give submarine training, was commissioned at Visakhapatnam.
7/21/1907Gulam Mohamad Bakshi, former Prime Minister Jammu and Kashmir, was born.
12/1/1885Dattatreya Balkrishna Kalelkar, famous Gandhian Gujrathi llitterateur and educationist, was born at Satara in Maharashtra.
3/21/1994Pakistan blocks access to Indian consulate in Karachi.
5/14/1995Major train accident near Salem when KK Express collides with goods train killing 51 people.
5/27/1930Jayaprakash Narayan, Labour Research Cell, arrested after Dandi March.
6/16/1992P. D. Dhhavle, former editor of daily newspaper `Maharashtra', passed away.
1/26/1931Gandhiji was unconditionally released from prison.
5/29/1953Ranji Nanan, cricketer (Trinidad off-spinner, 1 Test v Pakistan 1981), was born.
11/5/1915Balasaheb Devras, sar sanghchalak of RSS, was born.