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Historical Event on 1/17/1987
Tata Football Academy was opened in Tatanagar.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 11/9/1962 | Dhondo Keshav Karve, social reformer and educationist Bharat Ratna awardee, died. |
| 8/3/1939 | Apoorva Kumar Sengupta, cricketer (1959 Test - India vs WI, without distinction), was born in Lucknow. |
| 1/3/2000 | A. B. Vajpayee, Prime Minister, accuses Pakistan for the hijack of an Indian Airlines aircraft. (The crisis ended on Dec. 31 last with the Vajpayee Government agreeing to free three terrorists in exchange for the passengers). |
| 6/25/1888 | Lord Louis Mountbatten, British politician, was born. |
| 1/20/1949 | Junagarh formally merged with Saurashtra. |
| 11/23/1993 | 'The Bullshit'', a Turkish film, wins the Golden Elephant award at the 8th International Childrens film festival in Udaipur. |
| 4/20/1914 | Gopinath Mahanti, famous Oriya novelist and Gyanpeeth awardee, was born. |
| 12/27/1797 | Mirza Ghalib, great urdu poet and writer, was born at Agra. |
| 2/8/1994 | Kapil Dev sets world record for Test Cricket wickets with 432. |
| 4/8/1919 | Gandhiji arrested on way to Delhi for refusal to comply with order not to enter Punjab; escorted back to Bombay; outbreaks of violence in several towns. |
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