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Historical Event on 6/17/1991
Congress and its allies secure absolute majority in Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Haryana Assemblies.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 5/4/1957 | Rai Chaudhary Hemchandra, great historian, passed away. |
| 2/4/1910 | New Press Censorship bill announced; govt. say repressive measures necessary to halt unrest. |
| 10/11/1876 | Saint Gadgebaba, Bengali story writer and novelist, was born. |
| 9/7/1906 | Bank of India, the first Indian bank, was registered. |
| 11/5/1997 | Railway ministry doubles compensation amounts from Rs. 2 lakh to Rs.4 lakh to victims of railway accidents and other untoward incidents. |
| 12/10/1918 | Rowlatt Act introduced by Lord Chelmsford. |
| 9/3/1999 | Brigadier V. K. Chopra is appointed as the new head of the 121 (1) infantry brigade in Kargil. |
| 11/3/1986 | Dr. Indrachandra Shastri, versatile in Sanskrit and Pali, died. |
| 2/25/1840 | Vinayak Konddev Oak, Marathi litteratewur, was born. |
| 9/16/1973 | Abasaheb Mujumdar, great musician, died. |
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