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Historical Event on 1/17/1987

Tata Football Academy was opened in Tatanagar.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/12/1990Indian National Satellite (INSAT-1D) launched. This is an operational multi-purpose communication and meteorology satellite. It is still in service. It was launched by US Delta launch vehicle, Kennedy Space Centre in Florida, USA.
8/5/1965M. V. Sridhar, cricketer (scored 366 for Hyderabad vs Andhra Pradesh, 1994), was born.
8/15/1955Satyagrah started for the freedom of Goa.
10/14/199210 Indians sentenced to six years in jail in the UAE on account of staging a play in Sharjah.
5/6/1680Chatrapati Rajaram Maharaj was crowned.
8/29/1976Poet Kazi Nazrul Islam of Bengal, great revolutionary, died on his visit to Dhaka in Bangladesh.
3/27/1992India signs Friendship Treaty with Ukraine.
3/27/1977The government revoked the national Emergency promulgated on Dec. 3, 1971.
11/8/2000India wins the men's team title in the World Carrom championship in New Delhi.
10/30/1908Pasumpon Muthuramalingam Thevar, freedom fighter and social worker, was born at Pasumpon village, Tamil Nadu.