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Historical Event on 9/17/1937
Sitakant Mahapatra, 1933 Gyanpeeth awardee and famous Orria poet, was born.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 7/19/1965 | Batukeshwar Dutt, great revolutionary, passed away. |
| 7/31/1995 | Rishang Keshing,Manipur CM, wins the vote of confidence. |
| 12/29/1975 | D.K. Barooah elected Congress President. |
| 1/1/1989 | The 4th annual SAARC summit concludes in Islamabad. |
| 4/25/1993 | Indian Airlines plane hijacker shot dead by commandoes. All 141 persons rescued. |
| 5/6/1997 | 12 persons killed and eight seriously injured in two blasts in east Delhi. |
| 12/5/1657 | Murad proclaimed himself Emperor of India. |
| 1/14/1994 | The first Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Centenary Award for Excellence in Biomedical Research, instituted by ICMR in 1991-92, was announced in 1994 (Dr. G. Padamanabhan, Director, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, is the first recipient of this Award). |
| 9/7/1996 | First phase of J & K Assembly elections. |
| 1/3/1996 | Bomb blast kills six and seriously wounds 20. Jammu and Kashmir Islamic Front claim responsibility in Delhi. |
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