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Historical Event on 11/17/1994

Dr. Harbhajan Singh, Punjabi poet, wins Saraswati Samman.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/19/1994IRBM Agni Missile test fired successfully for the third time.
3/5/1961Sachin Sengupta, famous writer, dramatist and journalist, passed away.
10/27/1999Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) in Madhya Pradesh splits.
1/12/1994S. S. Nadkarni, Chairman of National Stock Exchange, appointed SEBI Chairman.
1/12/1994Jesuit father and first Englishman S.J.Thomas Stephens arrived at Goa in a Portuguese ship. He settled here and died in 1619.
3/28/1984Bhausaheb Ranade, famous freedom fighter, passed away.
7/24/1989A majority of opposition members in Lok Sabha resign on the issue of C & AG report on Bofors gun deal.
11/29/1991Test Cricket debut of Javagal Srinath vs Australia at Gabba.
7/12/1996Lok Sabha adopts resolution extending President's Rule in J & K for 6 months.
4/10/1760Gerard George Clifford, head of East-Indian Company, passed away at the age of 75.