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Historical Event on 6/17/1950
Syed Wazir Ali, cricketer (7 Tests for India), passed away.
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| 6/20/1918 | K.K. Singh, politician and social worker, was born at Agra. |
| 8/10/1993 | Election Commission withdrew controversial order. By-polls to be held before 10. |
| 2/27/1912 | Lawrence Durrell, Britsh writer (Alexandria Quartet, Private Country), was born in Darjeeling, India. . |
| 6/12/1894 | Busushottam Vishwanath Bapat, internationally famed Pali language expert, translator and editor, was born. |
| 6/12/1894 | A battle was fought at Turkra or Turkra Qasba (in the Balasore district) in which the Afghans were routed. |
| 8/1/1994 | The Railway passenger insurance scheme comes into force. |
| 1/21/1922 | V. Rajagopal, cricket test umpire for 1 test in 1969-70, was born in Mumbai. |
| 6/22/1971 | Habib Muhammad died. |
| 10/31/1999 | Dr. S. S. Badrinath gets Dhanvantari Award. |
| 4/14/1914 | Takli Shivshankar, famous Malyalam novelist and short story writer, was born. |
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