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Historical Event on 6/17/1994

Twelve opposition legislators in Sikkim resign.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/14/1948Law about Atomic Energy implemented in India.
10/10/1962Indies assault up Chinese positions in north India attack
6/15/1908Stock Exchange of Calcutta was opened of Baldeodas Daduawala and Overened.
3/13/1997Sister Nirmala Joshi, 63, is chosen to succeed Mother Teresa as the Superior-General of Missionaries of Charity.
5/28/1968Bhagwan Gopinathji Bhan, was a mystic saint of early 20th century Kashmir in India. He has been called a ""jivanmukta"" (liberated soul) or ""Aghoreshwar"" and his spiritual state has been described as ""Shambhavi Avastha"" (state of Shiva), died. He was a great devotee of Shiva and Shakti and took intense "Sadhana". His disciples and devotees set up an ashram at Kharyar in Srinagar in his name.
3/21/1998Jaswant Singh is appointed Deputy Chairman of the Planning Commission after the resignation of Prof. Madhu Dandavate.
11/18/1978Dhirendra Ganguly, film maker, writer, director and actor, passed away.
12/19/2000A massive blaze guts Mehboob Studio, one of the oldest in Mumbai city.
8/6/2000Sundararajan Kidambi becomes the new International Master in the Beil Open chess championship at Biel.
7/27/1994Parliament votes to ban tests for determining the sex of an unborn child, as these tests have resulted in thousands of aborted female fetuses.