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Historical Event on 6/17/1950
Syed Wazir Ali, cricketer (7 Tests for India), passed away.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
12/22/1877 | Shreenivas Ramanujam, famous Indian mathematician, was born. |
3/11/1997 | Sadhana Mukherjee, a sex-worker from Calcutta, represents India at the first international conference on prostitution beginning in Los Angeles. |
8/20/1995 | India and China decide to withdraw four army battalions from Chu Sumdurong valley near the Line of Actual Control. |
10/27/1997 | UP ministry expanded by inducting 70 new members thus taking the total number of a record 93 members. |
11/16/1915 | Vishnu Ganesh Pingle, martyr, died. |
7/4/1997 | Centre frees from its control nine top public sector undertakings, accounting for over Rs. 10,000 crore profits annually, to become global giants by providing them full financial and operational autonomy. This included newsprint and paper from licensing controls. |
4/17/1952 | First Lok Sabha was formed. Ananthasaynam Ayyangar, was elected as the first Deputy speaker of Lok Sabha (1952). |
11/1/1858 | Her Majesty Queen Victoria was no longer amused with the Company's loss of control, and India came directly under the Crown of 'Princes, Chiefs and People of India'. Britain Government took over administrative powers from East India Company to rule India. |
6/20/1918 | K.K. Singh, politician and social worker, was born at Agra. |
7/15/1967 | Narayan Shripad Rajhans (Balgandharv), famous singer and actor, passed away. |
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