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Historical Event on 6/17/1996

Balasahab Devras, Sarsangha Chalak of Rashtriya Sawyamsewak Sangh, died.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/10/1902Sir Ronald Ross was awarded the Nobel Prize for medicine for detecting the cause of Malaria.
11/18/1999Three Lashkar-e-Taiba militants, including its Chief Commander, are killed in a fierce encounter with Special Operations Group (SOG) in Jammu and Kashmir.
5/23/1996Joint Opposition candidate Purno A. Sangma (Cong. MP from Meghalaya) unanimously elected Speaker of 11th Lok Sabha.
9/27/1989Hemanta Kumar Mukherjee, noted playback singer and music director, died.
2/9/1942Chiang Kai-Shek meets Sir Stafford Cripps, British Viceroy in India.
9/29/2000Nayudu award goes to former India cricket captain Lt. Col. Hemu Adhikari.
4/22/1915Hem Barua, famous Assami and English litterateur, was born.
4/13/1796The first elephant was brought to America from Bengal, India.
4/13/1796Humayun reconquered Delhi after defeating Sher - Shar Alias Sikandar Suri in Machiwara and Sarhind battles. It is said that he won the crown but not the empire.
9/29/1996Water from Krishna river (AP) released for Madras.