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Historical Event on 10/17/1999
Chiranjeev Milkha Singh won the Lexus International Golf tournament in Bangkok.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 6/6/1986 | Militant Sikhs in Amritsar call for the murder of Surjit Singh Barnala, Chief Minister of Punjab and J.F. Ribeiro, the Chief of Police. |
| 5/5/1903 | Tirupur Subramaniam Avinashilingam Chettiar, freedom fighter, educationist and politician, was born at Tirupur (Tamil Nadu). |
| 9/9/1947 | Ananda Kentish Coomaraswamy, great philosopher, linguist, art historian, painter and critic, died at Needham, Boston. |
| 4/4/1898 | Hiralal Sen and his brother Motilal Sen purchased a Bioscope Cinematographic Machine from London. The first show of imported films was arranged by them at Classic Theatre on April 4, after which they formed 'The Royal Bioscope Co.,' controlled by H. L. Sen & Bros., 85/2, Maszid Badi Street, Calcutta. The Bioscope Company started touring the provinces of Bengal, Orissa and Bihar. |
| 5/15/1989 | NAL's 0.6 m transonic wind tunnel is commissioned. Total project cost is about Rs 20 million. |
| 10/6/1862 | Indian Penal Code was notified. However, it was implemented from 1st January 1862. |
| 7/20/1954 | Armistice for Indo-China signed. |
| 8/1/1953 | All Private Airlines were nationalised by establishing of All Airlines India International. |
| 8/29/1991 | Second operational Indian Remote Sensing satellite (IRS-1B) launched by a Russian launch vehicle, Vostok. It is still in service. |
| 2/17/1968 | Dr. Kailas Nath Katju, freedom fighter, politician, leader, Governor of Orissa and West Bengal, passed away. |
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