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Historical Event on 6/17/1674
Jijabai, mother of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, died.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 7/8/1954 | Jawaharlal Nehru, Prime Minister of India, inaugurated world's longest Bhakra-Nangal Dam canal at Punjab. |
| 3/21/1992 | India's second submarine 'Shankul' joined Navy. |
| 2/10/1931 | Capital of India shifted from Old Delhi to New Delhi, formal inauguration of New Delhi City took place. |
| 11/6/1904 | Hariharnath Shastri, worker's leader, was born. |
| 4/8/1887 | Ramnarayan Vishwanath Pathak, famous Gujrati litterateur critic, poet and story writer, was born. |
| 10/20/1991 | Manohar Phalke, famous union leader and MLA, died. |
| 10/30/1994 | Swaran Singh, 87, former External Affairs minister, died. |
| 5/13/1953 | The first Indian Navy air station INS Garuda was commissioned at Venduruthy, the naval base in Cochin. |
| 8/7/1934 | Gandhi begins a fast for penance following the violent treatment of a Hindu leader by some of his followers. |
| 10/4/1999 | Kerala High Court orders Election Commission to booth-wise counting. The EC is likely to move the Supreme Court against this order. |
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