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Historical Event on 3/17/1955

Indian Standard's Institute started working to control the quality of Indian products and the ISI mark was issued to quality products.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/25/1989P. Baiju, Anand Shetty, Arjun Deviah, Ananda Natarajan set a record for India at the 4x100m relay meet in 40.14s at Islamabad.
7/30/1987India says it will revive the 'Agni' IRBM programe.
8/27/1781Haider Ali and the Britishers fought the battle of Pallilore.
5/10/1905Pankaj Malik, music director, was born.
2/10/1995PM appoints Madhavrao Scindia as Human Resource Minister, Pranab Mukherjee as External Minister, Buta Singh as Civil Supplies, Ajit Singh as Food, and P. Chidambaram as Commerce Minister.
6/10/1928Papan Ramchand Panjabi, cricket test umpire for 7 tests from 1978-81, was born in Mumbai.
6/10/199718 persons were killed and 10 wounded by suspected National Liberation Front of Tripura militants at Thalchhara near Agartala.
9/24/1997E. S. Venkataramiah (72), former Chief Justice of India, died in Bangalore.
8/15/1867Bhartendu Harishchandra publishes a Hindi monthly 'Kavi Vachan Sudha'.
1/26/2001Bharat Ratna, India's highest award, was given to Lata Mangeshkar.