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Historical Event on 6/17/1913

Waman Vasudev Chitle (Bal Chitle), Marathi story writer and editor, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/9/1968Olympic Games open in Mexico City.
11/22/1997Yasser Arafat, President, Palestinian National Authority, laid the foundation stone for Indo-Arab cultural centre at Hyderabad.
12/14/1969Bishen Bedi takes 7-98 (career-best) v Australia at Calcutta.
10/22/1796Sawai Madhav Rao Peshwa II committed suicide by jumping from the terrace.
2/28/1936Kamla Nehru, wife of Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, great revolutionary freedom fighter and social worker, passed away near Lausanne in Switzerland.
8/2/1993Seven JD (A) rebel MPs admitted to Congress (I).
10/26/1890Martyr Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi was born at Allahabad. He was also the editor of revolutionary weekly 'Pratap'.
9/20/1993First developmental launch of PSLV and Indian Remote Sensing Satellite (IRS-1E) carried remote sensing payloads. Could not be placed in orbit.
4/30/1992Import duty on gold halved; minor concessions in direct taxes.
5/27/2000In a mini cabinet reshuffle, Nitish Kumar gets back his Agriculture portfolio, while Dilip Ray resigns as Minister of State for Steel.