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Historical Event on 1/17/1993

LTTE commander Sadasivan Krishnakumar alias Kittu was killed in a ship blaze off Madras coast.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/15/1993Five more Doordarshan channels launched.
5/22/199611th Lok Sabha's first session begins.
3/2/1930Gandhiji addresses letter to Viceroy intimating his intention to break Salt Law if Congress demands are not conceded.
8/18/1920Harbhajan Singh, educationist and writer, was born at Lumding.
12/15/1974Rasulatbai, veteran classical music expert, died.
6/6/1981The worst-ever railway accident took place in Bihar when a train plunged in Samastipur river.
7/17/1996Madras to be known as 'Chennai' henceforth.
2/17/1992S. V. Sheshadri, sports journalist, passed away.
6/15/1947All-India Congress accepts British plan for partition of India in New Delhi.
12/21/1998The Viswabharati University in Calcutta presents the 'Deshikottama' award to Nobel laureate Prof. Amartya Sen.