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Historical Event on 8/17/1970

The first microwave link, which was set up without foreign assistance, was commissioned between Asansol, Dhanbad and Ranchi.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/20/1987G. G. Jadhav `Pudhari', editor of daily newspaper, passed away.
6/9/1986ICMR set up a network of Reference/Surveillance Centres for AIDS in almost all states of India.
8/3/1898Udayshankar Bhatt, modern Hindi dramatist, poet and novelist, was born.
2/1/1929Jyotirbhaskaracharya Jayant Salgaonkar was born.
2/11/1980Romesh Chandra Majumdar, great Bengali historian, passed away.
2/16/1927Rail service started between India and Nepal.
6/17/1947Burma was adopted as republic by constitution assembly.
11/19/19829th Asian Games started in Delhi.
10/28/1998The 1997 B.C. Roy National Award was presented to 18 medical experts.
10/29/1961New All India Muslim League was established.