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Historical Event on 6/17/1995

Motilal Vohra, UP Governor, sets agenda for a two-day special session of the UP Assembly asking the speaker to take up a motion against self first.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/19/1936Pandit Vishnu Narayan Bhatkhande, expert in north Indian classical music, died. He was also a lawyer, professor and social reformer.
4/12/1752Agreement to save the king between Shinde and Holkar.
11/25/1987India all out for 75 vs West Indies at Delhi. Patterson took 5-24.
9/4/1997Dharmavir Bharti, great journalist and editor of Dharamyug, died at 6 am.
9/11/1921Subramania Bharati, freedom fighter, Tamil poet and editor, passed away at an early age of 39.
12/4/1997World Bank commits to Haryana a loan of $600 millions (about Rs. 2,350 crores) - largest single bank loan to any State.
3/23/1995Shakti Chattopadhyay, famous poet, passed away.
4/24/1973Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar, cricketer (prodigy at 16, Indian capt at 23), was born in Bombay.
5/19/1908Manik Bandopadhyay, modern Bengali novelist and story-writer, was born.
9/30/1997At least 20 civilians were killed and over 30 injured in unprovoked firing by Pakistani troops on Kargil town in Jammu&Kashmir.