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Historical Event on 6/17/1991
Congress and its allies secure absolute majority in Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Haryana Assemblies.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 10/3/1992 | Geet Sethi beats holder Mike Russel of Britain (2529-718) to become the first Indian to win the World Professional Billiards championship in Bombay. |
| 10/11/1988 | Janata Dal, a new national centrist opposition party, launched. V. P. Singh elected President. |
| 9/5/1872 | V. O. Chidambaram Pillai, great freeom fighter, social reformer, prolific writer, politician and leader, was born at Ottapidaram village in Tamil Nadu. |
| 3/17/1909 | Pandit Ramchandra Narayan Dandekar, educationist and internationally famed Sanskrit scholar, was born at Satara, Maharashtra. |
| 3/31/1959 | Dalai Lama fled China & was granted political asylum in India. |
| 10/3/1996 | National Conference swept back to power in J & K with a landslide victory. |
| 4/4/1991 | Gujarat CM Chimanbhai Patel JD (Gujarat)-to contest the elections with poll understanding with Congress (I). |
| 1/14/1991 | Chitragupta, famous film music director, passed away. |
| 12/16/1999 | Bill on Cyber law is introduced in the Lok Sabha. |
| 1/26/1999 | 21 dalits are gunned down by the Ranbit Sena in Jahanabad district in Bihar. |
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