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Historical Event on 11/17/1994

Dr. Harbhajan Singh, Punjabi poet, wins Saraswati Samman.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/14/1914Takli Shivshankar, famous Malyalam novelist and short story writer, was born.
8/27/1995Andhra Pradesh Governor asks N T Rama Rao to prove his majority on 31st following a split in the Telugu Desam party.
6/19/1981APPLE, India's first experimental geo-stationary telecommunication satellite having experimental communication satellite, successfully launched by European Ariane, Kourou, French Guiana. This is the first to be stabilized on 3 axes.
12/28/1981Madras-Penang undersea cable commissioned.
9/23/1967P. S. Vaidya, great Indian ODI pace bowler (1995-96), was born.
3/1/1955Pakistan vs India five Test Cricket series ends in a 0-0 draw.
1/25/1976Surinder Amarnath scores 124 on Test debut during India vs New Zealand at Auckland.
4/27/1854First telegram was sent between Mumbai and Pune.
10/9/2000A special court convicts former Tamil Nadu chief minister Jayalalitha and her associate Sasikala and sentences them to undergo three years imprisonment and two years rigorous imprisonment in two 'Tansi land deal' cases.
11/13/1999A woman commits 'sati' in Satpura village in Mohaba district of Uttar Pradesh