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Historical Event on 2/17/1994

Gopikrishna, internationaly famed 'Kathtak' exponent, died at the age of 61 years.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/24/1938Farooq Rehmany Mohammad, journalist, social reformer and political worker, was born at Bandipur.
7/8/199733 persons killed and 67 injured as blast rips through part of Ambala-bound train at Lehra Khana station in Bhatinda district, Punjab.
5/18/1992President R. Venkataraman reaches Beijing.
1/3/1919Shambhu Pan, cricket Test Umpire for 9 tests from 1960-70, was born at Bengal.
9/30/1997Gen. V. P. Malik takes over from Gen. Shankar Roychowdhury as Chief of Army Staff.
11/21/1947First Stamp of Independent India was released
4/21/1992UN Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali visits New Delhi.
6/18/1989India and Pakistan decide to end the five-year-old confrontation in Siachen Glacier area by redeploying their forces.
12/28/1926Imperial Airways begins England-India mail & passenger service.
11/14/1995Supreme Court gave patients the right to drag careless doctors to Court.