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Historical Event on 6/17/1976
Montreal Olympics opens.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 5/3/1913 | Dhundiraj Govind Phalke, more generally known as Dada Saheb Phalke, was responsible for the production of India's first fully indigenous silent four-reel feature film 'Raja Harishchandra' which heralded the birth of the Indian film industry. The film had titles in Hindi and English and was released on May 3, 1913 at the Coronation Cinematograph in Bombay. |
| 1/25/1930 | Mehdi Baqer, great educationist, was born at Faizabad in UP. |
| 3/22/1902 | Great Britain and Persia agree to link Europe and India by telegraph. |
| 2/16/1997 | Tribal militants kill 21 persons in Tripura. |
| 12/11/1976 | Aliyawar Jung, former Governor of Maharashtra, died. |
| 4/1/1962 | Metric weights became compulsory as New Weights and Measurements Metric system was intoduced by Indian Government. |
| 7/24/1997 | Mahasweta Devi, Bengali litterateur, is recipient of this year's Ramon Magsaysay Award for journalism, literature and creative communication arts for her writings on indigenous communities. |
| 5/18/1775 | Warren Hastings expressed doubt of hanging Nandkumar. |
| 3/19/1972 | India and Bangladesh singed mutual aid treaty for peace and friendship for 25 years. |
| 6/18/1633 | Revairu Diogu, dictionary creator of Konkani language and Jezoet Priest, died. |
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