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Historical Event on 8/17/1958
Sir John Hubert Marshal, excavator of Mohan-Jo-Daro and Takshashila, died.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 2/7/1983 | Eastern News Agency was established in Calcutta . |
| 10/29/1996 | Shankarsinh Waghela, Gujarat CM, wins confidence vote. |
| 1/18/1997 | Khanna Committee recommends more power to RBI over non-banking financial companies. |
| 2/11/1998 | Prof. Anil Kumar Baruah, CPI(ML) candidate for the Dibrugarh Lok Sabha seat, is shot dead by suspected ULFA militants at Neharani. |
| 12/12/1971 | The first aerial victory was when MiG-21FLs of No. 47 Squadron shot down a PAF F-104 over the Gulf of Kutch and this was followed by three more victories in quick succession on 17 December, when MiG-21FLs of No. 29 Squadron escorting HF-24 Maruts, shot down intercepting F-104s near Uttarlai in the Rajasthan desert in gun-missile encounters, while a third F-104, on an intruding mission, was shot down by another MiG 21FL of No.29 Squadron. |
| 12/4/1998 | Ilayaraja, nusic composer, selected for the Lata Mangeshkar award instituted by the Madhya Pradesh Government. |
| 11/3/2000 | BCCI suspends five cricketers -Mohammed Azaruddin, Ajay Sharma, Ajay Jadeja, Nayan Mongia and Manoj Prabhakar--for a period of 15 days after the CBI report. |
| 2/14/2000 | Mr. B. Rachaiah (78), former Governor of Himachal Pradesh, Kerala and Goa, died in a hospital in Bangalore. |
| 1/10/1993 | Advani, Joshi released on court orders. |
| 3/24/1947 | Lord Louis Mountbatten came to India. |
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