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Historical Event on 8/17/1997

Leander-Mahesh duo wins International ATP doubles in Connecticut.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/25/1996CBI gives a clean chit to PM Rao in the St. Kitts case.
1/11/1999Four DRDO scientists and four pilots aboard an Avro plane on a research test flight are killed as the plane crashes after take-off from the Arakkonam INS Rajali Naval air base in Tamil Nadu.
3/6/1947Churchill opposes troop withdrawal from India at London.
4/13/1940Najma Heptulla, Vice President of Rajya Sabha, was born.
9/6/1903Russia increases import duties on Indian and Ceylon tea in retaliation for British import policies in Moscow.
6/7/1998India emerges World Bank's single largest borrower with cumulative loans of 44 billion dollars.
11/7/1990Lawrence Durrell, great Indian English and author (Mount Olive), passed away at the age of 78.
5/29/1977Dr. Suniti Kumar Chatterji, president of Sahitya Academy, National Professor and eminent linguist, passed away.
3/20/1997Greek instrumental composer Yanni Chryssomallis's 'Freedom Concert' held at the Taj, Agra.
6/25/1975President Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed signed the declaration of Emergency Rule in India. Prime Minister Indira Gandhi implemented the same very next day.