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Historical Event on 6/17/1976

Montreal Olympics opens.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/13/1601John Lancaster leads 1st East India Company voyage from London.
3/4/1991Finance Minister Yashwant Sinha presents mid-term budget, cut in food and fertiliser subsidy, amounting to Rs. 934 crore, proposed.
5/10/1979Indy Khabra, Soccer(Football) player, was born.
3/15/1941Gorkha Rifles Battalion Group (INDBATT) unit was raised as the 4th Battalion, the 2nd King Edward VII's own Gorkha Rifles (The Sirmoor Rifles) by Lt Col O'de T Lovett at Deharadun.
8/5/1999The Global Peace March demands demilitarisation of the entire planet.
10/4/1953India elected to the UN Trusteeship Council.
10/17/1996President's rule reimposed in U.P.
1/14/1990J&K Governor quits.
9/6/1990Prasar Bharti' bill passed in Parliament.
12/4/1997World Bank commits to Haryana a loan of $600 millions (about Rs. 2,350 crores) - largest single bank loan to any State.