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Historical Event on 12/17/1970

Judge Jayantilal Chhotalal Shah became the Chief Justice of India. He helded this office till 21/01/1971.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/5/1996Narashima Rao, former PM, refused bail in St. Kitts forgery case.
2/25/1977Second satellite Earth Station established at Dehradun.
5/1/1998India and Peru sign agreements on space technology and agriculture during the visit of Indian President K. R. Narayanan there.
11/17/1986SAARC Summit at Bangalore decides to set up permanent secretariat at Kathmandu; India elected new Chairman.
7/1/1989New Governors were appointed in five states. Gen. K. V. Krishna Rao became Governor for J&K.
7/3/1751Pilaji Jadhav died.
4/23/1959Peking Radio reports say that Chinese troops defeated rebels in south-eastern Tibet and have closed Tibet's borders with India and Burma.
3/24/2000Rupali Repale of India becomes the first woman and the youngest to swim the Robben Island channel-both ways.
9/21/1862Venkat Apparao Gurjad, famous Telegu poet, playwright, story writer, critic and social reformer, was born.
5/24/1956Gautam Buddha's 2500th birth anniversary was celebrated.