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Historical Event on 6/17/1993

K. D. Dharmadhikari (Nana), veteran freedom fighter, died.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/12/1999India sets a deadline for intruders withdrawal from Kargil, announces suspension of air strikes.
1/19/2000M.A. Chidambaram (81), leading industrialist and chairman of the MAC Group, died in Chennai.
8/28/1904First car rally between Calcutta to Barakpur held.
9/6/1674Faced with a critical situation, De la Haye had to capitulate and surrender St Thome to the Dutch who allowed the Sultan of Golconda to re-occupy it.
9/5/1988The country goes without newspapers on this day as the entire newspaper industry had protested against the Defamation Bill.
1/14/1993The Supreme Court absolves Railway Minister Jaffer Sharief of corruption charges in the wagon deal with Asea Brown Boveri.
7/15/1788Ghulam Kadir, the infamous son of Jabita Khan, conquered Delhi.
7/25/1813First boat race started at Calcutta on the Hooghly river where seven sailing boats had competed.
12/1/1994Assembly elections in Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka.
6/4/1997Defence Ministry denies Washington Post's report that India has deployed Prithvi missile on Punjab border with Pakistan.