Wisconsin Indian Community - WIIndian.com
| | | | | | | | | | | |
 


 

Historical Event on 10/17/1999

Chiranjeev Milkha Singh won the Lexus International Golf tournament in Bangkok.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/10/197761 people died in an accident between a passenger train and a freight train at Naini.
4/25/2000The Supreme Court clears the decks for continuing the trial against AIADMK leader Jayalalitha in the controversial ''TANSI land deal case'' by ''erasing'' the Madras High Court judgment discharging her from the case.
9/18/1972India becomes the top film producer of the world with 433 feature films made in 1971.
4/9/1965After Indo-Pak conflict of 1965, the Raksha Medal, Samar Seva Star and some others were introduced.
7/2/1991Nanankal Krishna Pillai, famous Malyalam poet, died.
1/19/1892Chintaman Vinayak Joshi, famous Marathi comedy writer, was born.
12/28/1930Police are stoned by demonstrators as they attempt to prevent an illegal flag-salutation ceremony at Bombay.
12/1/1928The first talkie filmshow, named as 'British Talkies' , was released on December 1, 1928, at Globe Theatres, Calcutta.
8/22/1993The first batch of IAF troops landed in the capital city of Mogadishu.
6/15/1993PM Narasimha Rao visits Oman; India and Oman decide to give each other MFN status.