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Historical Event on 6/17/1991

Prabhakar Machve, famous litterateur, passed away.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/14/1982All India Radio renamed as 'Akashwani' but it's Urdu service yet announces that it's All India Radio.
2/2/1862Pandit Shambhunath was the first Indian to become Judge of Indian High Court.
2/22/1993Vinod Kambli scores 224 vs England at Bombay in 411 balls and smashes 23 fours.
3/12/1992A devastating wave of car-bomb explosions killed an estimated 300 people and injured hundreds more today in the large western Indian port city of Bombay. The first blast ripped through the city's stock exchange building, and minutes later a dozen slightly less powerful explosions rocked the bustling city center.The bomb attacks appeared to have been part of a carefully planned operation.The devices were clearly meant to cause maximum loss of life and damage to property.
3/28/1994G-15 summit opens with only six heads of Government in New Delhi.
8/26/1852Bombay Association was established.
1/12/1948Gandhiji decides to fast for communal peace in Delhi for communal riots which broke between Hindus and Muslims at Calcutta. Mountbatten fails to dissuade Gandhiji.
5/28/1950Bhagwaticharan, great revolutionary, passed away.
11/22/1928British King George confined to bed with congested lung; Queen to take over duties.
8/14/1862Bombay High Court was established for Maharashtra, Goa, Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu territory. This court has benches at Nagpur, Panaji and Aurangabad.