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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 |
| 12/4/2000 | India deports TULF functionary-turned LTTE supporter M.K. Eelavendhan, a Chennai resident for over a decade. |
| 1/21/1910 | Ramnath Anandilal Poddar, great industrialist, was born. |
| 8/13/1988 | Gajanan Jagirdar, great actor and director in Indian film industry, died. |
| 7/15/1904 | Mogubai Kurdikar, veteran singer of 'Jaypur Gharana', was born. |
| 7/6/2000 | Mohan Lal bags Best Actor Award for his sensitive portrayal of a Kathakali artist in ''Vaanasprastham'' and the film wins the Best Feature Film and Best Editing Awards at the 47th National Film Festival-2000. |
| 8/15/1995 | P.V Narasimha Rao introduces the mid-day meal scheme for the primary school children under the Central Government Welfare Programme. |
| 7/27/1959 | Abbas Ali Baig scores 112 for India v England on debut. |
| 5/28/1965 | Fire and explosion at Dhori mine in Dhanbad, India kills 400. |
| 10/28/1811 | Yashwantrao Holkar, a diplomat of Peshwa kingdom, died. |
| 6/1/1998 | The Prasar Bharati Bill is introduced in the Lok Sabha to revive the Prasar Bharati Act, 1990. |
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