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Historical Event on 6/17/1965

Motilal, famous actor, died.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/1/1997Gul Mohammed (36), world's shortest man, died in New Delhi. Standing 56.16 cm tall, Mohammed entered the Guinness Book of World Records in 1992.
6/29/1909Pandit Motilal, social reformer and freedom fighter, was born.
10/15/1676King of England permitted the East India Company to mint the Rupee and Paisa coins at Bombay.
6/1/1995Kanshi Ram (Bahujan Samaj Party) withdraws support to the Mulayam Singh Yadav-led government in UP and stakes claim to form a new government.
1/29/1994Air India and Indian Airlines converted into companies.
3/11/1881Ashley Eden unveiled in Calcutta Town Hall the first statue of Indians Ram Nath Tagore and Dwarkanath Tagore.
9/18/1997President K.R. Narayanan inaugurates Mammen Mappillai Hall at Kottayam, Kerala.
8/8/1923Floods on the Ganges and Jumna rivers cause loss of life in Benares, India.
4/13/1994United Arab Emirates lost to India in its first official ODI.
6/3/1895Kavalam Madhava Panikkar, historian and Indian diplomat (Asia & Western Dominance), was born.