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Historical Event on 6/17/1973

Leander Vece Paes, tennis player who singles bronze at Atlanta Olympics (1996), was born. He was also a winner of French Open in 1999, Gold Flake Open, Newport 1998, Wimbledon 1999 (doubles and mixed doubles).

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/20/1982Mira Behn (90), disciple of Mahatma Gandhi, passed away.
7/20/1982Pedro Alvaris, Portugese businessman, reached Calicut and established the first European factory in India.
7/6/1992R. Janakiraman Committee estimates involvement of Rs. 3543 crore in the security scam.
9/29/1708British East India Company and New East India company merged.
7/10/1964Bangalore University was established in Karnataka.
10/30/1966First meeting of the Shiv Sena at Shivaji Park.
5/19/1990S. R. Bommai unanimously elected President of JD.
1/26/2000Mr. K. Vadivel Raj gets the 1999 Kabir Puraskar for rescuing 11 persons of another community during caste violence in September 1998 in a village in Tamil Nadu.
9/12/1934Shantakumar Jagannath Sharma was born in Garhjamula, Distt. Kangra (Himachal Pradesh).
9/9/1850Bhartendu Harish Chander, father of modern Hindi literature, poet and dramatist, was born.