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Historical Event on 1/17/1913

Yadvendra Singh, HH LtG. Maharaja of Patial, cricketer (scored 24 & 60 in only Test India vs England), was born in Patiala, Punjab.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/28/1968International City Auroville inaugurated the Aurobindo Ashram in Pondechery.
12/8/1992World-wide protest against Ayodhya demolition, temples burnt in Pakistan and Britain; Advani, Joshi, Singhal arrested; Nation observes 'bandh'.
1/3/1919Shambhu Pan, cricket Test Umpire for 9 tests from 1960-70, was born at Bengal.
9/24/1999India's Krishnan Sasikiran and China's Wang Yu bagged the boys' and girl's titles respectively in the Asian Junior Chess championship in Vung Tau City, Vietnam.
8/1/1953All Private Airlines were nationalised by establishing of All Airlines India International.
7/7/1999M.L. Jaisimha, former Indian Test cricketer, died in Hyderabad.
6/10/199718 persons were killed and 10 wounded by suspected National Liberation Front of Tripura militants at Thalchhara near Agartala.
8/12/1998Uttarancha State plan meets with difficulty owing to differences on inclusion of Udham Singh Nagar and Hardwar district.
9/25/1997India clinches the Red & White Latif Masters International Snooker title in Karachi.
10/26/1932Chinadorai Deshmutu, Indian field hockey player (Olympics-1952), was born.