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Historical Event on 2/17/1991

Krishnabai Mote, famous author and social worker, passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/23/1919King's proclamation was made that the new reforms of Government of India offer some sort of self government.
12/23/1912Rash Behari Ghosh and Sachin Sanyal threw a bomb at Viceroy Lord Hardinge II in Delhi. He had come to Delhi on an elephant for the initiation of the new capital. The Viceroy was injured in the bomb blast.
3/1/1901Vaidya Jogeshchandra Banerjee was born.
1/11/1966Lal Bahadur Shastri, Indian Prime Minister (1964-66), passed away at Tashkent, U.S.S.R. at 1:32, age 61. He was awarded the Bharat Ratna posthumously.
4/21/1992RBI eases credit policy, lending rates reduced from 6 to 4; 13\% interest ceiling on deposits.
7/24/1998India signs a deal with Russia for purchasing the aircraft-carrier.
8/4/1931Narendra Shankar Tamhane, dependable Indian cricket wicket-keeper (1950's), was born in Bombay.
7/5/1993Air Marshal Swarup Krishna Kaul appointed Chief of Air Staff.
12/29/1983Gavaskar makes the highest Test Cricket score by an Indian, 236* vs West Indies.
1/12/1924Gandhiji was operated on for appendicitis in Sassoon Hospital, Pune.