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Historical Event on 6/17/1976

Montreal Olympics opens.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/21/1996Supreme Court holds that attempt to suicide and its abetment would continue to be punishable offences.
4/4/1951West Germany establishes full diplomatic relations with India.
7/25/1977B. D. Jathi retired from the post of second acting President.
8/30/1934Balkrishna Pandharinath Gupte ""Baloo"", cricketer (brother of Fergie, Indian leggie), was born in Bombay.
9/17/1999Narayan Desai, Ajoy Kumar Basu and Saraswathi Gora are named for Jamnalal Bajaj awards.
4/22/1996Hiteshwar Saikia, chief minister of Assam (1991-96), passed away at the age of 62 years, and Dr. Bhumidhar Barman became new CM.
3/22/199957 prisoners in Indian and Pakistan jails are repatriated to their respective motherlands at the Attari-Wagah joint checkpost on the border in Amristar district.
10/2/1999Ban orders in Madhepura Lok Sabha constituency in Bihar.
2/18/1983Violence between Hindu Tamils and Buddhist Singhalese in Sri Lanka marks beginning of Tamil rebellion by Tiger freedom fighters demanding an independent nation called Eelam. Prolonged civil war results.
11/22/1968Lok Sabha passed notification to change the name of Madras state as Tamil Nadu.