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Historical Event on 6/17/1976

Montreal Olympics opens.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/7/1988N. T. Ramarao elected chairman and V.P. Singh the convenor of the National Front.
3/30/1993Punjab beat Maharashtra by 120 runs to win Cricket's Ranji Trophy.
6/29/199324 jawans were killed in ambush by NSCN militants in Manipur.
11/7/1990Lawrence Durrell, great Indian English and author (Mount Olive), passed away at the age of 78.
1/6/1987Establishment of 'Maharashtra Journalist Fund' Trust.
2/17/1993Rani Gaidinliu, freedom fighter, social reformer and political leader, died at her native village in Manipur. The British army made a surprise attack on her position and captured her. On 17th October, 1932, Pandit Nehru once wrote ""A day will come when India will remember her and cherishe her"".
11/15/1991Import curbs on capital goods relaxed.
6/24/1996Cong(I) enters into an electoral alliance with Bahujan Samaj Party for forthcoming Assembly election in UP.
2/1/1948Marathi Sanshodhan Mandal' established.
2/1/1948Humayun died at Delhi. Two days earlier he had slipped on the staircase of a library being constructed at the Old Fort.