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Historical Event on 6/17/1996
Balasahab Devras, Sarsangha Chalak of Rashtriya Sawyamsewak Sangh, died.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 12/17/1998 | Jyotirmoyee bags her second gold at the Asian Games, winning the women's 800m. Rosakutty finishes second. Bantamweight pugilist Dingko Singh clinches a gold while Indian pair of Sethi-Shandilya strikes top prize in billiards doubles category. |
| 2/5/1949 | Judgement on Gandhi's murder; Godse and Apte to be executed. |
| 4/13/1796 | The first elephant was brought to America from Bengal, India. |
| 8/11/1993 | Brahmaprakash Chaudhary, first Chief Minister of Delhi and former central minister, died. |
| 9/25/1990 | L. K. Advani, BJP President, starts his Somnath Temple, Ayodhya Rath Yathra. |
| 7/19/1987 | Rajiv Gandhi,Congress President, expels V.P. Singh from Congress and orders probe into Ajitabh Bachhan's property abroad. |
| 12/31/1996 | Gold import policy liberalised. |
| 12/19/1860 | Lord Dalhousie, Governor General of India (1848-1856), died. |
| 4/15/1980 | Six more private sector banks nationalized. |
| 1/2/1960 | Raman Lamba, cricketer (Indian opening batsman 1986-87), was born in Meerut. |
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