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Historical Event on 6/17/1903
Jyotiprasad Agarwal, Assamia playwright, poet and music director, was born.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 6/9/1986 | First AIDS death reported from a private hospital in Mumbai. |
| 11/16/1913 | Agnihotri Ambadas Shankar, journalist and litterateur, was born. |
| 9/17/1999 | India and the United States begin high level consultations to find ways on countering terrorism. |
| 10/6/1858 | Nanasaheb Peshwa, a revolutionary of first mutiny, died. |
| 12/12/1901 | Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore founded the first dance school called as ""Kala Bhawan"" and established the ""Barahamacharya Ashram"", the core of Vishwa Bharati University of Shantiniketan, near Bolpur. It was formally opened on December. |
| 1/20/1997 | The third Test between India and South Africa ends in a draw in Johannesburg. |
| 9/26/1977 | Uday Shankar (Chowdhury), producer and director of dance-based film 'Kalpana', passed away. He was the elder brother of Pandit Ravishankar. His main achievement was the blending of the Indian classical style with the Western Ballet and various folk dances. |
| 1/26/1893 | Srijiva Nyayatirtha Bhattacharya, famous writer and educationist, was born Bhatpara, West Bengal. |
| 4/11/1992 | Marathi cinema's Bhaichandra Govind Pendharkar gets Phalke Award. |
| 9/23/1858 | Grant Duf, historian who studied Maratha history, died. |
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