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Historical Event on 3/17/1999
An international seminar on UN Peacekeeping was co-jointly hosted by Ministry of External affairs and Ministry of Defence at New Delhi from 17 to 19 March 1999. The seminar was conducted by HQ Army Training Command, Shimla on behalf of the Indian Army. A total of 126 foreign delegates from 71 countries participated in the seminar.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/18/1925	Gajanan Johari, famous Marathi writer, was born.
1/4/1937	R. Surendranath, cricketer (Indian pace bowler in 11 Tests early 60s), was born in Meerut.
1/24/1995	3,400 meter long tunnel at Barcem piercing through the Karmali Ghat in Canacona taluka on the Konkan railway route in Goa completed at an approximate cost of Rs. 50 million.
9/26/1977	Uday Shankar (Chowdhury), producer and director of dance-based film 'Kalpana', passed away. He was the elder brother of Pandit Ravishankar. His main achievement was the blending of the Indian classical style with the Western Ballet and various folk dances.
5/1/1947	Congress Working Committee accepts Partition in principle.
12/1/1993	World AIDS day.
6/7/2000	Telecom Commission approves the free phone bonanza for all telecom employees announced by the Union Communications Minister Ram Vilas Paswan.
6/20/1946	Kashmir authorities arrest President-elect Nehru for refusing to obey an order banning him from the state.
6/23/1895	Kali Charan Ghosh, great Hindi writer, was born at Calcutta.
6/7/1997	At least 37 persons were feared killed in a fire in ''yagyashala'' at Thanjavur Big Temple.

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