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Historical Event on 8/17/1997

Leander-Mahesh duo wins International ATP doubles in Connecticut.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/24/1992It was decided that Lok Sabha session would start with the national song ""Vande Mataram"" and end with National Anthem ""Jana Gana
10/27/1947Indian Governments accepts King of Jammu and Kashmir Maharaja Harisingh's accession merging Jammu and Kashmir in India and sends its troops. Accession of Jammu and Kashmir was then officially announced. No. 12 Sqn was to initiate the remarkable feat of air-lifting the first Sikhs from Palam onto the rough and dusty Srinagar airstrip without planning or reconnaissance as the initial Indian response to the sizeable insurgent forces that were pouring across the border into Jammu and Kashmir.
2/3/1997Major fire reduces Calcutta Book Fair to ashes.
1/25/1971Himachal Pradesh becomes a full-fledged 18th Indian Union state.
7/4/1999Over 500 children of Kargil migrants take out a procession to Batalik in a show of solidarity with the Indian army.
10/4/1999Kerala High Court orders Election Commission to booth-wise counting. The EC is likely to move the Supreme Court against this order.
7/6/1881Saint Gulabrao Maharaj was born in Vidarbha.
11/19/1994Aishwarya Rai, selected 'Miss World' at the age of 21 in the beauty contest held at the 44th convention at Sun City, South Africa .
3/27/1845Wilhelm Conrad Von Roentgen, professor and first nobel prize winner, was born at Lennep, Germany.
10/12/1995Inderjit Gupta re-elected General Secretary of CPI.