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Historical Event on 3/17/1997
Cochin Stock Exchange goes online.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 6/13/1889 | Salarjung, famous administrator, was born. |
| 4/10/1955 | India and Vietnam affirm the Panchsheel. |
| 10/12/1976 | Indian Airlines Caravelle crashed after take off from Bombay. |
| 9/2/1993 | Vice Admiral V.S. Shekhawat appointed new naval chief. |
| 3/5/1931 | Mahatma Gandhi & British viceroy Lord Irwin sign a pact referred in Indian History as ""Gandhi-Irwin Pact"", after which the civic disobedience movement was taken back. |
| 8/13/1638 | Durgadas Rathore, social reformer, was born at Salwa. |
| 6/18/1979 | Sri Lanka beat India by 47 runs in Cricket World Cup upset. |
| 3/31/1980 | Nirmal Mukherjee, the last Indian Civil Service Officer, retired from service as Cabinet Secretary. |
| 3/24/1968 | The second Indian-made rocket 'Menaka' successfully launched at the Thumba station. |
| 12/15/1943 | The Vengeance suffered numerous defects and teething troubles, necessitating temporary withdrawal from the two IAF squadrons, but the problems were eventually mitigated if not eradicated, and No. 8 Sqn flew its first operational Vengeance sorties against Japanese targets from Double Moorings, Chittagong. |
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