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Historical Event on 6/17/1993

K. D. Dharmadhikari (Nana), veteran freedom fighter, died.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/18/1969Prajapita Brahma, great social reformer and freedom fighter, passed away.
12/10/1905Robert Koch received the Nobel Prize for Medicine for his work on Tuberculosis.
5/6/1948India rejected the Security Council's plan for UN supervision over plebiscite in Kashmir.
8/21/1987Dr. Shankar Dayal Sharma elected the Vice President of India (1987 - 1992).
11/21/1994Dr. Malcom Adiseshiah, 84, noted economist and educationist, died.
10/15/1961Suryakant Tripathi 'Nirala', famous Hindi poet, writer, editor, social worker and litterateur, died in Allahabad.
8/20/1997Lata Mangeshkar receives the Fifth Rajiv Gandhi National Sadbhavana Award from the President.
7/10/1999The Delhi police arrest Mohammad Javed alias Babu Bhai, an accused in the Jain Hawala case.
4/23/1987Supreme Court in a judgement confers Hindu widows absolute ownership of property under Hindu Succession Act 1956.
12/30/1946Jawaharlal Nehru calls on Gandhiji, who says, ""My reason wholly supports my heart"".