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Historical Event on 6/17/1928
Pandit Gop Bandhu Das, famous writer, social worker and the creator of Orissa, passed away.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 7/2/1999 | Medha Patkar of Narmada Bachao Andolan (NBA) planned a 'fast' to protest against the Sardar Sarovar Project (SSP). |
| 1/24/1980 | J.S. Bawa became the director of Central Bureau of Investigation (till 28/02/85). |
| 5/26/1993 | The Centre decides to implement the Mandal Commission recommendation to provide 27\% reservation for the socially and educationally backward classes in the Central Services from 15th June. |
| 11/6/1996 | India wins Titan's cup beating South Africa in Mumbai. |
| 4/10/1935 | Vasudevaru Kesavaru (K.V. Manalikkera), famous writer and poet, was born at Madras. |
| 11/16/1887 | Padmacharan Patnaik, famous Orria poet, was born. |
| 3/8/1963 | Gursharan Singh Narainsingh, cricketer (Indian batsman played one Test 1989-90), was born in Amritsar. |
| 1/15/1966 | The Indian Air Force achieved equal status with the Army and possessed in excess of 70,000 personnel and was nearing its 45-squadron goal. Its composition in the autumn of 1968 included 23 fighter category squadrons, three tactical bomber squadrons, a maritime patrol squadron (with ex-Air India L. 1049G Super Constellations), 11 transport squadrons, four AOP squadrons, a number of helicopter units and a few SAM squadrons. |
| 2/16/1911 | Bhalchandra Gopal Bapat, newspaper editor and educationalist, was born. |
| 11/24/1988 | Mizoram became the first Lok Sabha member. |
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