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Historical Event on 4/17/1997
Biju Patnaik, 81, Janata Dal leader and important personality in Orissa politics, died.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 2/18/1895 | Shri Rafi Ahmed Kidwai, nationalist, patriot, social reformer and Congress leader, was born at Masauli village, Barabanki District. |
| 7/24/1932 | Madhukar Devram Toradmal, famous actor and playwright, was born. |
| 11/3/1997 | American Consulate General in Chennai starts issuing visitor's visa with 10-year validity. |
| 7/8/1888 | Fenardish Jyoki Antoniu, Konkani author and journalist, was born. |
| 4/27/1942 | Gandhi condemns stationing of U.S. troops in India. |
| 12/20/1999 | Win Chadha ready to come to India to face trial in the Bofors case. |
| 6/18/1966 | California's hippie subculture converged into a mass of long hair, flowers, and rock music this weekend, as 50,000 flowed into the fairgrounds of the Monterey International Pop Festival. The event featured the largest collection of major rock acts ever assembled; thousands of fans had to be turned away from the sold-out concert. Established artists such as the Byrds, Jefferson Airplane, Otis Redding, and the Mamas and the Papas received the expected ovations from the huge audience. But the response was equally enthusiastic for performances by Indian sitar master Ravi Shankar and new talents Janis Joplin, the Who, and Jimi Hendrix, a young man who played the electric guitar like nobody else. |
| 9/15/1926 | Vande Mataram', a lengthy feature film produced by Vande Mataram Film Co, Bombay, was prohibited on September 15 by the Censor Board on the grounds that it was an underlying attack on the prestige of University Education in India. The film, however, was cleared on December 7 after deleting the objectionable scenes. |
| 6/4/1993 | The Babri tribunal strikes down ban on RSS and Bajrang Dal and upholds outlawing of VHP. |
| 12/26/1914 | Dr. Shushila Nair, social reformer, was born in village Kunjah, district Gunjra, Punjab (now Pakistan). She dedicated her life to serve Gandhiji and Gandhi Ashram and also performed the duties of Indian citizen by taking active participation in freedom movement. |
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