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Historical Event on 8/17/1997

Leander-Mahesh duo wins International ATP doubles in Connecticut.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/6/1996CBI arrests four Jharkhand Mukti Morcha leaders in bribery case.
11/15/1993IA Airbus with 272 on board forcelands on a paddy field near Tirupati; all passengers safe.
5/13/1791Lord Cornwallis retreated back to Madras after the battle of Arikera.
1/10/1693Job Charnock, founder of Calcutta, died in the same city and he was laid to rest.
7/1/1952Olympic Games open at Helsinki.
1/28/1877Pulin Bihari Das, revolutionary journalist, passed away.
7/31/1990Charan Singh Rathi at New Delhi sets record for 20 km W. in 1.25.48\_\_.
10/6/1999INLD-BJP combine wins by big margin in Haryana.
3/24/1987First developmental launch of new generation rocket ASLV 'Stretched Rohini Satellite Series' (SROSS-1). This carried payload for launch vehicle performance monitoring and for gamma ray astronomy. This plunged within two minutes and 40 seconds of its launching.
1/29/1998Suicide by more than 50 farmers reported in the Telangana region in the past few days.