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Historical Event on 3/17/1987

Sunil Gavaskar ends his Test career with an innings of 96 v Pak.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/11/1958Two lakh Indians in East Pakistan were rounded up and lodged in concentration camps.
4/27/1907Fearing uprising in Punjab, British arm volunteers.
11/25/1879Sri Thanwardas Lilaram Vaswani, professor, saint poet, great orator and prolific writer, was born in Hyderabad, Sindh (now in Pakistan). He was the founder of Mira Movement.
4/27/1705Aurangzeb captured the Fort of Vagingera.
9/26/1904R. V. Jagirdar, famous Kannad play writer, was born.
4/15/1962S. S. Khera was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 18-11-1964.
10/12/1921Jayant Shridhar Tilak, great journalist, was born at Poona.
10/9/1949The Territorial Army of India inaugurated by the Governor General.
2/10/1990Saroj Mukherjee, WB's CPI(M) secretary, died.
4/18/1930Surya Sen alias Masterda attacked on Armoury of Chittagong with 62 men of the Indian Republican Army.