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Historical Event on 6/17/1993

K. D. Dharmadhikari (Nana), veteran freedom fighter, died.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/11/1990R. Shekhar became the director of Central Bureau of Investigation (till 14/12/90).
1/19/1976C. V. Bawdekar, famous journalist, died.
2/11/1981Australia all out for 83 vs India at MCG. They were chasing 143 to win.
2/19/200018 people die following a fire on the Ferozepur-bound 2137-down Punjab Mail between Dushkeda and Savada stations near Bhusaval, about 433 km from Mumbai.
7/10/1992SROSS-C placed in orbit. Indian National Satellite (INSAT-2A), first indigenously-built satellite of second-generation INSAT series launched from Kourore. This is more operational multi-purpose communication and enhanced meteorology satellite. It is still in service.
2/13/1719Jahandar Shah was strangled to death and the Sayyid brothers were killed soon after.
5/27/1930India's major cities are seething with unrest following the arrest of Mahatma Gandhi and thousands of his followers in the campaign of civil disobedience against British rule. Civil unrest in Bombay, where at least six were killed and sixty injured.
2/23/1998BJP leader Ranjit Yadav was shot dead in Sahibganj district.
11/8/1988Salman Rushdie's 'The Satanic Verses' awarded 1988 Whitbread Prize.
1/31/1983The first floating Dry Dock was launched at Howrah.