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Historical Event on 12/17/1971
Ceasefire between India & Pakistan in Kashmir and end of Indo-Pak war.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 10/5/1890 | Kishorlal Ghanshyamlal Mashruwala, great thinker and philosopher of Gandhi era, was born. |
| 11/22/1872 | Meera Behn (Medlin Slade), freedom fighter, was born at England. |
| 3/9/1990 | Darbara Singh, former Punjab Chief Minister, died. |
| 12/20/1993 | Bangarappa expelled from Congress for 6 years. |
| 2/9/1992 | Publication of daily newspaper `Lokpatra' started from Nanded. |
| 4/30/1909 | Kirpal Prem Nath, educationist, was born at Moga (Punjab). |
| 9/30/1989 | INS Shalki, India's first indigenously built submarine, launched in Bombay. |
| 7/2/1970 | Pandit Kunjilal Dubey, freedom fighter, educationalist and politician, passed away. |
| 12/6/1997 | Space shuttle Columbia's astronauts return to earth following a two-week science mission on an enquiry awaiting them because of botched satellite release. Columbia and its crew of six, including India-born Kalpana Chawla, swooped through a clear chilly sky and landed on runway at Kennedy Space Centre. Astronauts save runaway $10-million satellite by catching it with their hands. |
| 2/15/1967 | Fourth General Election of Lok Sabha begins. |
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